tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343580769233686666.post3006297937225025192..comments2024-02-17T00:57:23.092-08:00Comments on Seeing Things: James Madison and Millionaires in CongressScott Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185977061159785550noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343580769233686666.post-60552941490331893472012-08-15T06:27:20.379-07:002012-08-15T06:27:20.379-07:00Regulating these competing interests "forms t...Regulating these competing interests "forms the principal task of modern legislation."<br /><br />Is that a quote from Madison?<br /><br />You will spend your entire life talking about this topic, and how to "solve" it, and I will spend my entire life pointing out the only viable solution is to remove the power of Congress to do exactly these things, and neither you nor I will have an appreciable impact. Congress, with so much power of the purse and of force through legislation, will be bought and paid for by powerful interests, and not generally serve the republic well.<br />Sad truth.<br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com