Defeating SOPA and PIPA Isn't Enough (codinghorror.com)

Going after "money" in politics is treating a symptom. The disease is that the government is too big and has too much power. Limit the size and scope of government, and you'll reduce the influence of money in politics. One single reform-- a flat corporate tax, with no loopholes-- would eliminate half the lobbyists in Washington.

Cut the roots not the branches. Excellent post by the inimitable Jeff Atwood.