Windfall

The Hill has an interesting article on the "Make a complicated law, then earn big bucks as a consultant/lobbyist interpreting the law" strategy. It also notes the power flowing to the bureaucracy:

“Congress is easy to watch,” said Tim LaPira, a politics professor at James Madison University who researches the government affairs industry, “but agencies are harder to watch because their actions are often opaque. This leads to a greater demand on K Street” for people who understand the fine print, he said.