If a model with a 3 person executive committee had been adopted, what would the effect have been on our system?What changes might occur if there...

When the Constitution was being written, there were
proposals that would have set up a plural executive.  For example, the New Jersey plan
proposed such an executive.  I would argue that a plural executive would be much less
decisive and powerful than a single executive as we now have.  That would be both the
advantage and the disadvantage of such a system.

If all
three executives had to agree on everything, it would be much harder to get anything
done in the government.  The executives would surely have differences in opinion which,
when combined with the differences within Congress, would end up making it very hard to
pass any legislation.

People who want more efficient
government would think this is a major drawback.  However, those who want the government
to do less and be less intrusive would argue that such an executive would be a good
addition to our system since that system is supposed to make it harder for the
government to act and to, thereby, take away our freedoms.