Government run amok
Foundation for Economic Education
by Sheldon Richman
05/15/09
The ‘federal’ government, particularly the executive branch, can do almost anything it wants. The limits are few, and those that survive can often be gotten around through chicanery. Much of what government does is out of public view, thanks to off-budget accounting and other dubious methods that would get the rest of us prosecuted. Even if the average person had the time to monitor what government is up to — a tall order for sure — much of it is so esoteric for a layman as to be nearly incomprehensible...
http://fee.org/featured/government-runamok/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sheldon+Richman
by Sheldon Richman
05/15/09
The ‘federal’ government, particularly the executive branch, can do almost anything it wants. The limits are few, and those that survive can often be gotten around through chicanery. Much of what government does is out of public view, thanks to off-budget accounting and other dubious methods that would get the rest of us prosecuted. Even if the average person had the time to monitor what government is up to — a tall order for sure — much of it is so esoteric for a layman as to be nearly incomprehensible...
http://fee.org/featured/government-runamok/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sheldon+Richman
rudkla - 18. Mai, 10:35
