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I'm not saying that its a conspiracy at all. IMO, it is just a case of both major parties simply being drunk on power. They both want power, over anything and anyone, and are willing to do and say anything to get it. Add that to the fact that the major players in both parties are completely isolated from the average citizen. These guys all work together, and live near each other for a good portion of the year. A good number of them have held the same office for decades (making them senior member and subsequently capable of setting an agenda for others to follow). Think about it, most of the people politicans associate with on a daily basis are other politicians. It stands to reason then, considering all of this, that they would eventually start thinking in pretty much the same way.

All good (and true) points. They are very much isolated from the rest of us, and out of touch. It's like when people try to pretend that President Bush was once a guy just like the rest of us - I always get a good laugh out of that. I don't mean to pick on him, because he's far from alone, he just happens to be a good example.

Very few policians have a truly humble or normal background (and this goes back thousands of years). Those that do, don't last long in Washington.

They do these things, and somewhere in the back of their mind, they think "since it doesn't affect me, it won't affect any of my constituents".

They really are divorced from reality - nobody is going to take their dream home, nobody is going to confiscate their business so that more apartments can be put up.