David Brooks Says I Don't Exist!

I've become accustomed to people in elite circles saying that I do not exist, as in "nobody saw the housing bubble," but it still hurts. Okay, excuse the self-indulgence, there is a point here.

In his column today, David Brooks notes that rent-seekers often benefit from government programs, then complains that:

"You would think that liberals would have a special incentive to root out rent-seeking. Yet this has not been a major priority. There is no Steve Jobs figure in American liberalism...