Although President Donald Trump popularized calls to “drain the swamp,” his favorite policy tool, tariffs, has actually enlarged it and generated a massive financial windfall for K Street lobbyists while hardworking American families pick up the tab.

It’s no secret that almost every industry in America hires lobbyists to represent their interests in Washington, D.C. With a government as intrusively meddlesome as ours, policies and rules out of Washington, rather than the people through a free market, often determine winners and losers across the country. Unless that changes, the lobbyist cottage industry will always exist. The adage, “If you aren’t at the table, you’re on the menu,” rings most true in Washington, where decisions are made daily that affect industries and Americans nationwide.