> Convincing a bunch of people (politicians) to spend a chunk of change to secure it would be betweeen difficult and impossible. I'm not convinced of this. The

> Convincing a bunch of people (politicians) to spend a chunk of change to secure it would be betweeen difficult and impossible. I'm not convinced of this. They play a lot of games, but ensuring that power is reliable and fairly price-stable is not just important to all of the peasant middle class voters, but also to their big corporate donors, the farming blocks, etc.