Government today is for sale to the highest bidder.
That is so true. It is the exact problem. It won’t get fixed until voters start throwing the incumbents out in large numbers. Not successfully primarying McConnell was a huge loss for us. He really, really needs to go. But any incumbent of either party that is booted out is a step in the right direction. If enough of the Elite DC Ruling Class lose their sinecures, the rest will fall in line—i.e.: they’ll start listening to the voters as if their political lives depend on it.