“This” is an editorial written by Charley Reese and it rightly attributes all of this country's problems to the 545 people in Washington who are, at the heart of it, responsible for the ills we've suffered for decades (and particularly the past few years). Reese doesn't play the partisan card, blasting both Democrats and Republicans for the troubles they've caused.
The portion quoted below is from the 1995 version.
Though a little dated, the points Reese brings up are just as valid today as they were 16 years ago.
Politicians, as I have always said, are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Everything on the Republican contract ( Newt Gingrich's Contract With America – ed.) is a problem created by Congress.
Too much bureaucracy? Blame Congress. Too many rules? Blame Congress.
Out-of-control bureaucracy? Congress authorizes everything bureaucracies do. Americans dying in Third World ratholes on stupid UN missions? Congress allows it. The annual deficits? Congress votes for them. The $4 trillion debt (now $14 trillion -ed.)? Congress created it.
To put it into perspective just remember that 100 percent of the power of the federal government comes from the U.S Constitution. If it's not in the Constitution, it's not authorized.
As the saying goes, Read The Whole Thing.