Going to the mat with the I.R.S. (Internal Revenue Service as the most expensive government program) (Above the Beltway)

If you really want to get an accurate feel for the political pulse of the nation, forget Gallup and Harris, forget your high-priced "proactive" PR consultants, forget The New York Times and tune in, instead, to the TV channel that broadcasts "professional" wrestling on Saturday morning.

What you will find is this: Perhaps more than at any time since the 1929 Teapot Dome scandal, grassroots America is absolutely fed up with official Washington, its air of arrogance, and its wasteful ways.

To get all this from big-league wrestling, you need to understand that…