re:  All too familiar

In your editorial decrying the actions of lobbyists "twisting arms on health care reform" and their impact on "who the winners and losers will be and why", you ignore the heart of the issue:  as long as the federal government wields its power to interfere in markets and dispense favors to special interests — to choose "winners and losers" — lobbyists will be lining up to ensure that their own corporations, unions, and advocacy groups are beneficiaries of the government largess.

The way to reduce the influence of big money lobbyists and special interests on the government is to lessen government intrusion on the marketplace. Special interests would have little incentive to spend millions lobbying a government that they knew wouldn't interfere on their behalf to protect them from competition in an open market based on free, voluntary exchange.

Sincerely,
Dave Smith
Houston, TX