The American Aristocracy

This is, again, how Washington works. You, me, and Main Street depend on Washington not noticing us. Major companies, however, spend to attract Washington’s notice and feed off Washington. The permanence of Washington is something the Founders tried to avoid. In the past one hundred years, the new found permanence of Washington’s political class have created a new aristocracy. Interestingly enough, right now only the base of the Republican Party is trying to do anything about it. Everyone else, despite their complaining, whining, and crying, seems perfectly happy with the status quo. They’d rather a corporatist Washington than a smaller Washington.