Loopholes

During this government shutdown politicians galore rush to the nearest microphones to expound about entitlement reforms and to remove the loopholes.

Loopholes?  I have a simple question.  How is it the loopholes come to be there in the first place?  Could it be that inane legislators don't know what they are doing and let legislation be crafted by special interest groups with no oversight and no inclination to bother to read legislation before they vote on it?

The biggest loopholes are the legislators themselves.  It's time to remove the biggest loopholes first.