Yep. Should be done regularly. Deer shed their antlers yearly. Just dropped 'em hereabouts. Who was it railed that the only reason a standing army was a problem in the USA is because we had a standing government? Oh, yeah, it was Thoreau. I agree with him. We should elect temporary governments when crises require some collective response, like a hurricane in the Appalachians, and the rest of the time those elected and appointed to serve government posts can have real jobs doing actual work.