Kludgeocracy?

Kludgeocracy?  Interesting quote by Steve Teles, in National Affairs.  Here he's writing about the tendency of our Congress to produce incredibly complex legislation:

Every veto point functions more like a toll booth, with the toll-taker able to extract a price in exchange for his willingness to allow legislation to keep moving.

This also jumped out at me:

The easiest way to satisfy both halves of the American political mind is to create programs that hide the hand of government, whether it is through tax preferences, regulation, or litigation, rather than operating through the more transparent means of direct taxing and spending.

The article is full of interesting observations and insights – go read the whole thing...