Simply that as each generation of Federal employees puts in their 20 years...the next big promotion opportunity for them all requires a massive regulatory expansion.
The best illustration of this phenomena I've ever observed was the big “Immigration Reform” bill which despite tremendous bipartisan push and support in June 2006(Remember Bush...”see you at the signing”) ..never made it. It was the 20th Anniversary of the Simpson-Mazolli Act November 6th, 1986...the Teddy Kennedy American sellout.
An immigration reform bill is a very good opportunity for the Federal Bureaucrats..as it is the fastest way to instantly exponentially grow the country's official population statistics...which then “require” more Federal agency work and responsibility...and “opportunity”
Exactly! Thanks for your comments.