Understand i am treading water out of my depth here, but didn't Switzerland hold a peoples vote/referendum to chose their fighter/interceptor many moons ago and come up with the F-18C?
I am aware that their style of Government differers greatly from our own, but should in a democracy like Australia's (snigger) let the people choose?
Anybody who can get up off the floor after hearing such a daft question may care to answer, after all, we all have to make quite complected choices in our daily lives, why not be presented with the facts and let the tax payers decide?
Any takers?