[thecavemaster]

There are vast issues in our nation that need solutions;
those solutions have various consequences, intended and
unintended. No person or group wants the solutions to
involve any kind of sacrifice on their part. "It's the
damn illegal aliens...It's the damn liberals...It's the
damn conservatives...It's the lazy poor...It's the
selfish rich...It's the environmental wackos...It's the
oil tycoons...It's the far religious right." And all
these groups have lobbyists. And all these groups look
at Congress and say, "Feed me, feed me." In a pack
of dogs, which dog eats first? The strongest... look
for the strongest lobbies (i.e. biggest voting blocs
and largest cash cow) and watch how policy is made...