In my class today we were talking about the connection between interest groups and the federal budget.

The students first thought, a simple uneducated one, was that the interest groups were bad because they were gaining money from the government to fund their special interests, and they thought that the interest groups should be controlled more. But after discussion and a little education from Madison (Federalist 10), they changed their tune.

The students realized that it isn’t the interest groups or the lobbyists or the businesses that are bad- it is naturalable for man to want government benifits when those are available. No, what is bad is the government itself- an unlimited government able to distribute funds and bonuses and money to favored groups- that is wrong and bad, and that needs to be changed.

Frank is the problem with our government- he expands the government, spends more money, and then because that increase goes poorly and the money is unwisely spent he demands more money and power. He is the problem, and voters need to toss louts like him out of office.