A pretty good editorial except its missing that regular people are increasingly aware by there interactions with govt that we do need to "Stop the Gravy Train/Drain the Swamp".  

The election of Ford and Trump prove the popularity of that sentiment.  Politicians who tap into that sentiment are going to win.

The question now is getting a leader who can execute and start that change. 

The bureaucracy and  politicians are not representing the common person, they representing different minority groups that shout the loudest and play the grievance game the best, and then they throw unaccountable money at the issue , solving nothing but creating another bureaucracy etc..- 

All the while the Politicans and Bureaucrats maintain their defined benefit pensions and work rules which are 100x better then those who they represent in the private sector.