When you have a $3 trillion entity in an economy, people have the incentive to petition it for favors. Even when the government's budget was a lot smaller, busi

When you have a $3 trillion entity in an economy, people have the incentive to petition it for favors. Even when the government's budget was a lot smaller, businessmen could still finagle for tax breaks and the like. Rent seeking is in the DNA of democracy.