One important clue may be a recent statement by President Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, that "A crisis is a terrible thing to waste."
This is the kind of cynical revelation that sometimes slips out, despite all the political pieties and spin. Crises have long been seen as great opportunities to expand the federal government's power while the people are too scared to object and before any opposition can get organized.
— Thomas Sowell; Dismantling America
