Posted on 03/24/2017 4:45:59 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
If the Trump administration wants to “dismantle the administrative state,” it might examine state-based efforts to tame the bureaucracy—the oldest being that of Georgia, where a Democratic governor moved state employees away from stringent civil service protections that blocked accountability.
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On federal control of healthcare.
FEDERAL CONTROL OF HEALTHCARE epitomizes the worst in the administrative state!!
“Steve Bannon Is Right. It’s Time to Deconstruct the Administrative State.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3535946/posts
“Trump Wants to Deconstruct the Regulatory State? Good. Here’s How You Start”
BUMP
The Heritage Foundation
“The Birth of the Administrative State: Where It Came From and What It Means for Limited Government”
For those who hold the Constitution of the United States in high regard and who are concerned about the fate of its principles in our contemporary practice of government, the modern state ought to receive significant attention. The reason for this is that the ideas that gave rise to what is today called “the administrative state” are fundamentally at odds with those that gave rise to our Constitution.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/thf_media/2007/pdf/fp16.pdf
Claremont Institute
“The Threat to Liberty”
..the “administrative state,” by which is meant the independent “fourth branch of government” that fits nowhere within the scheme of the Constitution as understood by its authors.
The administrative state represents a new and pervasive form of rule, and a perversion of constitutional self-government. It has deep theoretical roots that were overlooked for a long time, roots inimical to the Constitution, thereby providing a lesson in the importance of understanding the principles of the Constitution. A chief feature of the administrative state is its relentless centralization, but with a reciprocal effect: its mandates, regulations, distorting funding mechanisms, and elitist professionalism have corrupted our political culture all the way back down to local government. It is the chief reason why Americans increasingly have contempt for government.
http://www.claremont.org/crb/article/the-threat-to-liberty/
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