Just before the holidays, Robert J. Samuelson warned us that a larger, more powerful government would lead inevitably to increased lobbying on behalf of those special interests that seem to bother voters so much.
The latest Business Week offers a good example:
Hiring ditch diggers would get shovels in the ground fast, of course. But Obama’s team is most interested in projects that will speed America toward a greener, cleaner future, reducing both energy dependence and the emissions that cause global warming. That has touched off a “feeding frenzy,” says Steven Nadel, executive director of the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. “Everyone and his mother is saying why their pet projects deserve to be invested in.”
It’s important to remember who’s providing the “feed”: the American taxpayer.
