Bail them out, regulate them, work for them (at inflated salaries)

This is how the power game works in Washington. The Federal government is too big, too distant, and too able to print money to be accountable to the people. We need to break it up and devolve most of its domestic responsibilities to the states where competition, proximity and resource limits keep everyone more honest.

So long as the Federal Government reigns as it does today we cannot say that we govern ourselves.  And we shall pay the price while our 'rulers' reap the rewards.