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Cruising for a Bruising
Driving, albeit recklessly, to a conclusion about speeding. Also: Steady Teddy. Catholic conundrum. Pork-cutting plans. And more!
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WASTE FORMULA
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Re: Paul Chesser’s
It’s Not
Just Pork
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p>I find it ironic that Congress so mistrusted the bureaucrats
with federal money that they forced them to craft policies that
conformed to OMB Circular 94 (circa 1992). This document requires a
cost-benefit analysis so that the possibility of public policy
providing the greatest good for the greatest number might survive
in spite of human creativity tending to craft projects that cater
to small and specific groups. Earmarking bypasses OMB Circular 94
provisions. Most programs, especially transportation projects,
could not withstand the requirements of the cost-benefit analysis.
Part of the reason is that economic multipliers for secondary
spending and jobs are not allowed. If all agencies complied with
these guidelines, the era of big government would be over.
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—
Danny L. Newton
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Cookeville, Tennessee
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SPEED HACKING
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Re: Eric Peters’s
Make
Speeding Impossible?
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