Thatcher. I'm only half joking. The sad pattern is that because of special interests, inefficiencies grow to a point where you have something like a revolution

Thatcher. I'm only half joking. The sad pattern is that because of special interests, inefficiencies grow to a point where you have something like a revolution. Then there's revolutionary reform and the cycle starts again, I can think of Britain and Sweden off the top of my head. Two states that were big and bloated, slimmed down and then started bloating again.