Yes, but at some point along the way of "balancing LA", you either make something along the lines of the PF Race Builder (allowing players to have monstrous abilities for a certain, variable, cost), or Oslecamo's Improved Monster Classes (allowing players to take levels in "monsters", and adding/nerfing abilities to the 'brewer's set balance point), and at that point, why aren't you contributing/improving those systems instead?