You can hope for a popular backlash against big government and associated interest groups. This happens from time to time, and sometimes the interest groups ge

You can hope for a popular backlash against big government and associated interest groups. This happens from time to time, and sometimes the interest groups get pushed back somewhat as a result. I think this is unlikely in the U.S. any time soon. Most people are not really outraged (any more) about the trillion+ bailout to Wall Street. Most people would say that we need to funnel even more money into health care and education than we already do--that is how successful those two interest groups are. You can also hope for increased productivity and economic growth. Competent interest groups won't stop trying to shape the system to favor themselves and call it progress, but you can have real progress at the same time. But I doubt there is a real, permanent solution to the basic problem of interest groups getting control over the systems of a society and eventually dragging it down. It is just the way the world works.