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Command And Control Of The Economy

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The editorial hints that these sorts of provisions have been inserted because the bill’s authors are counting on fellow members of Congress not to read what they’re voting on. They undoubtedly remember how easy it was to get Congress to ban incandescent light bulbs by sneaking a provision into the Bush-era energy bill.

Tar. Feathers.

This entry was posted on Monday, June 8th, 2009 at 4:32 am by Rand Simberg and is filed under Business, Economics, Media Criticism, Political Commentary. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Command And Control Of The Economy”

  1. McGehee Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 5:32 am

    You left out one item:

    Tar. Feathers. Rail gun.

    (I may have taken a small liberty with my correction.)

  2. MG Says:
    June 8th, 2009 at 10:26 am

    Hmph. We are many, they are few.

    Therefore, they can’t actually control, and their commands are those of King Canute.

    Of course, the struggle to test my propositions likely involves a lot of heme in a lot of gutters.

  3. danae Says:
    June 9th, 2009 at 12:58 am

    Command and control now. Ultimately, destruction.

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