The trouble with "our" political class is that their job is to "write laws"... legislators. They forget about the people who voted for them and pursue their own interests and feathering their own nests. They sit around all day trying to devise all ways to get more of our money and use it for all kinds of feel-good(for them) BS!
Under Obummer, they've mostly shirked their duties and let him do their job too much. I think that they have let him have his way because they didn't want to be called "RACIST"!
USAF Retired '88, NRA Life Member. Wife USAF Retired '96
Avatar: Wynn re-enlists his wife Desiree, circa 1988 Loring AFB, ME. 42nd BMW, Heavy (SAC) B-52G's
Frédéric Bastiat’s essay, The Law: http://mises.org/books/thelaw.pdf
Thomas Jefferson said
“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.”
and
"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading".