Obama’s legislative funeral
Cato Institute
by Ted Galen Carpenter
01/15/09
Lord Salisbury, who served as British foreign secretary in the late 1800s, observed that ‘the commonest error in politics is sticking to the carcass of dead policies.’ As Barack Obama enters the White House, several venerable U.S. policies reek of decay. Three policies are especially in need of burial during the new president’s first months in office. … It is hard to cast off the heavy carcass of dead policies. But one of the virtues of a presidential election and the start of a new administration is that it creates the opportunity for fresh ideas...
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9893
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ted+Galen+Carpenter
by Ted Galen Carpenter
01/15/09
Lord Salisbury, who served as British foreign secretary in the late 1800s, observed that ‘the commonest error in politics is sticking to the carcass of dead policies.’ As Barack Obama enters the White House, several venerable U.S. policies reek of decay. Three policies are especially in need of burial during the new president’s first months in office. … It is hard to cast off the heavy carcass of dead policies. But one of the virtues of a presidential election and the start of a new administration is that it creates the opportunity for fresh ideas...
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9893
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ted+Galen+Carpenter
rudkla - 16. Jan, 11:45
