It is, however, an iron law: The more government does to influence the flow of money, the more money will be spent to influence elections.
-George Will ( The Conservative Sensibility)
(H/T: Cafe Hayek)
As Government controls more resources and takes/spends more money, the stakes keep increasing. The lure to control that money flow is irresistible to many and will spend more and more money in order to control how that Government money will be spent. The only way to get that campaign money to stop is to lower the stakes; reduce the size of government (and thus, it propensity to tax and spend) and fewer people will be tempted by its Power
