Tag: Bureaucracy

Don’t Sell DOGE Short—Yet

November 29, 2024

by Connor O'Keffee

When he returns to the White House early next year, President-elect Donald Trump plans to appoint Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to head a new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. While not an official federal department, the Administration’s plans for DOGE are similar to the Grace Commission under Ronald Reagan and the “Reinventing Government,” … Read more

What Democrats REALLY Mean By “Our Democracy”

November 8, 2024

by Skip

I came across this yesterday and have played it a few times already. After all, I am SICK and TIRED of the Democrats saying that all of us (Conservatives, Conservatarians, Libertarians – you know, anyone NOT them) are “anti-Democracy.” Well, they’re correct! I hate “Our Democracy.” Most of you already know why – we were … Read more

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Title IX: 37 Words in 1972; Now Over 400 Scary Pages Long

October 8, 2024

by Wendy McElroy

A flare-up in the culture war has become an election issue and an August 16 ruling by the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) guarantees it will not go away. Title IX is a federal civil rights law protecting those who attend a school that receives federal funds against discrimination on the basis of sex. The intention … Read more

Town Requires Building Permit for Yard Signs

September 30, 2024

by John Klar

A Vermont dairy family has been issued a notice by their town demanding that they obtain a building permit because they have more than two political yard signs (that support GOP candidates) displayed on their property. Rather than pay the $25 fee (plus 3% for credit cards) to comply, young newlyweds Sara and Ryan Bullis … Read more

Government’s Shove to EVs IS About Control – Controlling Us

May 28, 2023May 28, 2023

by Skip

Republicans are more prone to advocate for Free Markets, Libertarians more so, and Democrats not at all. Yes, Republicans are sometimes better than Democrats, but they always seem to want Government to have a hand in things. That we are not able to decide for ourselves.

Data Point – The Hidden Federal Tax On Us: Regulatory Orgy

March 29, 2023

by Skip

Taxation by Regulation by unaccountable, unelected, and unassailable bureaucrats. America leads on innovation, and Europe on regulation, or so the conventional wisdom goes. But recently, the US seems to have taken the lead in the latter. . . Regulators seem to know and are now comfortable to be the Administrative State that will rule us … Read more

First Old Glory Bank (No ESG BS) and Now ProLife Bank

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022

by Steve MacDonald

In early December, we reported on Old Glory Bank. Not #Woke, no ESG, and no BS. Banking for ordinary people. Well, the idea’s been catching. Based in Dallas, Texas, but available worldwide, ProLife Bank would “honor God’s wealth and inspire change in our world.”

Weaponizing the Bureaucracy: Who Will Protect Us from the Government’s Standing Army?

August 23, 2022

by Op-Ed

“A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.”
-James Madison

The American System Is Collapsing.

July 1, 2022

by Op-Ed

The American system, of “Truth, Justice and the American Way” is collapsing right before our eyes. This collapse is being expedited by those who have been put in power via a corrupted, bought and paid for electoral system and by the mass of un-elected bureaucrats that answer to no one but themselves as the politicians come and go.

The Federal Workforce Must Be Cleaned Out

March 20, 2022December 12, 2021

by Kensley Vitoria

When people throw around the term Deep State it is instantly polarizing. Two camps emerge — in one, there are those who really don’t pay too much attention to politics or the actual functions of the state: defending the country, upholding a free and fair market, and managing the government’s day-to-day bureaucracy however large or small.

The D.C. Bureaucracy Has It’s Own Term Limits Problem

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

When was the last time you heard a professional politician make sense? Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee said over the weekend in an interview there should be term limits “for bureaucrats.” The comments were made in an appearance with Steve Hilton on Fox News’ “The Next Revolution.”

Proper Aspirations Under the Constitution

October 11, 2020

Americans can ask no more from their federal government than what they find in the constitution. This is the crux of the differences in our society today. The Marxists demand government control everything. Conservatives say no, that is not America’s system of government.

Bureaucracy Is Your Enemy … We Can Fix That

September 28, 2020

Our bureaucracies are unaccountable and unelected. They have come to view themselves as here before elected officials got here and staying when the elected officials leave.

Special Education or Chutes and Ladders?

June 2, 2020

by Stephen Scaer

Governor Chris Sununu is right to be concerned that many special education students are being left behind during remote learning, but will his Emergency Order #48 make a bad situation worse by burying schools in paperwork?

Trump Directs FDA to Approve Chloroquine for Treatment of Chinese Flu

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020

by Steve MacDonald

German Measles, Spanish Flu, MERS, and now Chinese Flu. Is catching it a form of cultural appropriation? Finding treatments and cures as well? Like that malaria medicine, I wrote about a few days ago. It’s being fast-tracked to treat Coronavirus patients.

State Housed Displaced Children in facility with Convicted Sex Offender

September 2, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

In desperate need of housing, a father and his two boys were placed in a facility by the state of Massachusetts. They’d recently escaped an abusive relationship and were, until then homeless. Thanks to the benevolent bureaucracy, their troubles were just beginning.

Massachusetts Suspends another 869 Licenses – Over 2000 Since Crash in Randolph Killed Seven

August 17, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

Most ruling class bureaucracies have one purpose. Grow their reach and budget. Not their responsibility or competence. The poster child for which is the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV). Seven people had to die expose their deliberate incompetence.

1,600 Massachusetts Drivers Have Their Licenses Suspended Following Deadly New Hampshire Crash

March 16, 2021July 13, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

The tragic deaths of seven people in New Hampshire have dominated the news for weeks. Mowed down by a Ukrainian man in a truck towing a trailer. The investigation has led to a not so startling discovery. Government bureaucracies suck and then people die.

And I think this is delightful news coming from the USDA! Git’em all out of DC!

May 25, 2019May 25, 2019

by Skip

Reformatted, emphasis mine: USDA staffers quit en masse as Trump administration eyes moving offices out of DC Employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture are quitting at a rapid clip as Secretary Sonny Perdue prepares to move forward with plans to relocate two offices far outside the Washington, D.C., Beltway. Federal employees at the Economic Research … Read more

The Federal Bureaucracy Must Die

April 3, 2019

Finally Reining in Federal Agencies: Kiso Vs Wilkie Over the last century Congress has delegated more and more of its lawmaking authority to unaccountable, unelected administrative agencies. The bureaucracies in turn are often insulated from direct supervision by the president. Administrative agencies today issue regulations touching on nearly every aspect of our daily lives. From … Read more