Well, the fat cats just have the better lobby - no wonder, since most politicians at state and federal level belong to them anyway. And impressing corrupt politicians doesn't work when you don't have the cash to grease them (or their party) ...
And so we're eagerly steering into an increasingly polarized society and letting ourselves be told lies about reforms and minor reforms. At the next election, we get to decide again in which color we'd like to be screwed.
At Der Schockwellenreiter you can find the original article.