Obfuscation is not a point that sells to me, though I've heard it used as a justification for a functional voting system. Nobody knows how the equilibrium will shift at the end of the day, but one knows what behaviors will be rewarded more and what will be penalized less. As long as people agree those directions are good (or have acceptabe tradeoffs), I'd say it's the right direction. There is a danger of overcorrection and mixed signalling from the outcome, but that's what additional corrections are for.

Also. Wolfram Alpha is really wonderful for not having to be good at certain manipulations, math-wise :)