> and often wind up "regulating" the very industries/companies they came from the other way of seeing that is that if you want to regulate a domain you're goin

> and often wind up "regulating" the very industries/companies they came from the other way of seeing that is that if you want to regulate a domain you're going to want to have people who know the domain > when politicians retire they often get cushy jobs, high paying jobs in the very companies they regulated or provided government contracts to again, it makes sense for the company to buy the services (and the address book) of someone who knows everyone in the space. of course all this creates a big incentive to cosy up to those companies, but it's not as black as you are suggesting