Replying to tptacek: OK, but I think everything you said is consistent with no one in public having any idea or caring.  This was &quot;out in the open&quot; in the same way that essentially all regulations that benefit a concentrated interest with diffuse costs do (like most pork).  It&#x27;s just ignored by the public.<p>Anyways, sorry to drag this out.  I don&#x27;t have anything more productive to add.  I appreciate your insight here.