The Nub of the Problem

Daniel Henninger points out an ugly fact that no federal politician will ever want to "reform." The problem isn't that naughty lobbyists are heartlessly leading the innocent lambs of Congress astray. Rather, the problem is that the federal government has become so all-powerful and intrusive into almost every aspect of American life that it's become a necessary evil for interests of all kinds -- legitimate or not -- to try to curry favor with it.