The problem with liberal thinking is that they never account for individual choice. It is as if they don't believe individuals have a choice... Strange..... But one thing we all know, when the government creates a program, one of three things will likely happen. One, individuals will comply to it. Two, others will find a way around it, and three, others yet will find a way to exploit it.
https://issuesinsights.com/2019/09/...n-her-policies-would-make-it-much-much-worse/
Despite Warren’s description of her plan as “far-reaching and aggressive,” it amounts to little more than a grab bag of reforms, many of which have been tried before in one way or another. She’d stop the revolving door between government service and lobbying. She’d ban lawmakers and their staff members from serving on corporate boards. She’d create a new Office of Public Integrity.
Whatever the merits of Warren’s specific anti-corruption proposals, the simple truth is that the rest of her agenda would have the exact opposite effect.
The problem with all these “anti-corruption” efforts is that they are trying to treat the symptom, not the disease.
And, in this case, the disease is Big Government. Put simply, the larger and more unencumbered the federal government is, the more it will feed the lobbyist industry and the political corruption that Warren says she wants to root out.
And, boy, does Warren want Big Government. Her agenda — Green New Deal, Medicare for All, free college, a vast increase in the regulatory state — would more than double the size of government.
The connection between the size of government and corruption isn’t just idle speculation.
https://issuesinsights.com/2019/09/...n-her-policies-would-make-it-much-much-worse/
Despite Warren’s description of her plan as “far-reaching and aggressive,” it amounts to little more than a grab bag of reforms, many of which have been tried before in one way or another. She’d stop the revolving door between government service and lobbying. She’d ban lawmakers and their staff members from serving on corporate boards. She’d create a new Office of Public Integrity.
Whatever the merits of Warren’s specific anti-corruption proposals, the simple truth is that the rest of her agenda would have the exact opposite effect.
The problem with all these “anti-corruption” efforts is that they are trying to treat the symptom, not the disease.
And, in this case, the disease is Big Government. Put simply, the larger and more unencumbered the federal government is, the more it will feed the lobbyist industry and the political corruption that Warren says she wants to root out.
And, boy, does Warren want Big Government. Her agenda — Green New Deal, Medicare for All, free college, a vast increase in the regulatory state — would more than double the size of government.
The connection between the size of government and corruption isn’t just idle speculation.
