The First Lady Michelle Obama is at it again. Reacting to her critics she has reiterated the necessity of food regulations for school lunch programs. Many schools and districts have complained about the rules, arguing that they are restrictive. Economists and policy analysts have also criticized the rules, designed to limit fat, calorie, sugar and […]
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First Lady Food Frenzy
27 May 2014
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When Will We Learn? What the VA Can Teach Us.
20 May 2014
In light of the most recent apparent scandal (which really isn’t a scandal as I will show) involving the Department of Veterans Affairs, we are once again reminded forcefully of the perils not only of the expansion of the scope of government but also of the organization of government services through bureaucratic means. I said […]
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Rules, Rules for All
30 Apr 2014
Readers should check out this short article in Investors.com on United States regulatory costs (April 30, 2014). The article is entitled “U. S. Regulatory Costs are World’s No. 10 Economy.” As the title suggests, the total cost in one year to affected parties of all Federal regulations is larger than all but ten of the […]
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Head ’em Up, Move ’em Out
20 Apr 2014
The Cliven Bundy-Bureau of Land Management “range wars” have been all over the news lately—well, all over many news outlets. Even Harry Reid finally spoke up, and, as he usually does, in an obsequious manner and with such exquisite irony (which he probably didn’t catch). I now feel compelled to weigh in. The conservative news […]
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More Kudzu, I Mean Mission Creep
07 Apr 2014
Here in this article, http://watchdog.org/136244/federal-law-enforcement/, are some “classic” examples of Mission Creep in Federal agencies. Hard to believe? Maybe not.
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Mission Creep: A Lot Like Kudzu
06 Apr 2014
If you have lived in or visited the South, you know about Kudzu, the weed that spreads along the ground in a most amazing way, the weed that never dies, or so it seems.. If it is not stopped in some way or other it continues to spread inexorably. It is hearty and doesn’t require […]
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The Tax Man Cometh
07 Mar 2014
The monster that never sleeps—the Internal Revenue Service. I am reminded of the phrase in Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan, written in 1651, which speaks of government as being “that mortal God.” Its purpose for Hobbes was to “overawe” everyone and bring order. Well, it looks as if we have a different kind of “mortal God,” one […]
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In my last post, I was critical of over-bureaucratization in higher education. In this post I am focusing on government abuses, and I just happen to have examples from the local, state and national levels. Such a fortuitous turn of events—I say that tongue in cheek of course. The local absurdity concerns a high school […]
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