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HIRSCHAUER: The President Deserves Praise For His Deregulatory Agenda

John Hirschauer

Conservatives are fond of accusing progressives of using the ends to justify backhanded means — heaven forbid I absolve them of that noble and necessary charge — but the means such ideologues pursue are frequently indistinguishable from the ends desired.

For instance, the administrative agency ostensibly meant to “solve” a niche problem in society is far more likely to make itself a fixture on the expansive list of permanent government bureaucracies that give salaried jobs to sociology majors at taxpayer expense than it is to put a significant dent in the problem it was initiated to solve.

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