nment. "The main point of this book is that sooner or later every group becomes a pressure group, at least on some and some of the time. After all, if you have a rifle, why not hunt? And if you have a membership list an

The discussion of reform was brought to the forefront in Rauch's book. Was reform working in this overcrowded lobbying Washington? Rauch's argument suggests that taxpayers are sort of a handcuff to the government in the reforms that need to be passed. Plus, the interests groups don't allow any real legislation to past without some benefit going to them, even though it might not be what the country needs. "The public wants the government to be leaner, but not at the expense of students, farmers, bankers, workers, teachers, train riders, or cats and dogs." (Rauch) The public already has the perception that they get taxed too much on to many things. So, how is the government going to ever pay for some of these reforms that need to be passed. You have to remember that the government still has to pay for the programs that already exist. Then of coarse the interest groups will not allow some of the old useless governmental programs to be excised to free up the money needed f!

Interests groups have grown in size considerably since the 1950's. Interests groups are like corporations in today's society. They are striving to stay alive because of the money that is involved. "The National Wildlife Federation boasted more than 4 million members and 80 million in revenues in 1997." (Rauch) Rauch contends the more interest groups you have the more trouble people will have. For every interest that a group is trying to protect someone will adversely be affected in a bad way. Some of these interests do not take in consideration what effect they might have on the public's taxes, even though those people are not even fighting for there cause. "One persons public-spirited crusader for environmental sanity or entrepreneurial freedom is another person's job-destroying luddite or selfish tycoon." (Rauch) It is almost impossible to resist joining a interest group in today's society because of the benefits that they offer. The costs are supposed to be going !

This is one of the reasons why Rauch believes that government is having a hard time getting anything meaningful done for the country. The interest groups lobby congress to keep these programs intact completely because they have certain advantages to certain groups. "In Washington, old programs and polices cannot be excised except at enormous political cost, and yet they continue to consume money and energy. As a result, there is less and le

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