you start with this assumption and I think it is a false premise. Washington (read: Congress) is not interested in protecting itself from "that sort of dynamic". They are PART of that dynamic. They want to protect themselves from unemployment (being voted out of office), not getting their fair share of the booty before this Ponzi Scheme of a country collapses, and of course, the public. When the music's over, turn out the light. Jim Morrison, the doors
