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Of the many issues in Jonathan Rauch’s work Government’s End: Why Washington Stopped Working, the issue of what exactly is meant by “government’s end” is particularly interesting. Rauch suggests that America’s democracy has reached a stage where, due to the massive reproduction of interest groups, it can no longer move forward in its goals for government but rather has become entangled in an endless paper chase for the fulfillment of every imaginable desire of the people. Despite the doomsday sounds of his argument, Rauch’s position is not unduly negative because directly following his accusations of stagnation are optimistic suggestions for the management of America’s governmental sclerosis. Rauch establishes nearly right away that the government is suffering from “demosclerosis,” a term coined by himself to describe ”government’s progressive loss of the ability to adapt” (p. 125). He attributes this deterioration of capability to the proliferation of government interest groups, organizations that crusade for diverse causes and platforms. These groups are becoming so numerous that their presence is literally slowing down the effectiveness of the government to act in the interest of the people. Rau