Without it the will of the people means nothing. A large majority of Americans think it's reasonable to require a gun owner, like a car owner, to pass a test and get a license. But that will never happen as long as gun money pours in to lobbyists and politicians. Those profiteers can easily pay, right out of the money they extract from our resources, more kickback to political parties than all environmental groups combined. Those who are desperate for affordable medicine or health insurance or decent medical care can't begin to match the soft money flowing from drug companies, insurance companies, and HMOs.
Banks kick in millions to get regulations weakened so they can take greater risks with our deposits.
Then when they lose, we get taxed to bail them out. His bidding was to pick a trade fight to open the European banana market. There are thousands of such stories. Our government is simply a machine that doles out special favors to large contributors at enormous cost to everyone else. More and more people are realizing this fact of political life.