You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.

Quote by Thomas Sowell

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The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer's money will make things better has survived...

The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer's money will make things better has survived...

The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever...

The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever...

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why...

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why...

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who...

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who...

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions...

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions...

Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to...

Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to...

The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened...

The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened...

Like a baseball game, wars are not over till they are over. Wars don't run...

Like a baseball game, wars are not over till they are over. Wars don't run...

The government is neither a monolith nor simply the public interest personified.

The government is neither a monolith nor simply the public interest personified.

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals,...

It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals,...

Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to...

Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves thinking people respond automatically to...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves thinking people respond automatically to...

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could...

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could...

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who...

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who...

Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function...

Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

Not only does the passage of time produce knowledge, it also produces ignorance... As the...

Not only does the passage of time produce knowledge, it also produces ignorance... As the...

If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it,...

If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it,...

Intellectuals are not those who beat around the bushes and speak their mind with hitches...

Intellectuals are not those who beat around the bushes and speak their mind with hitches...

Piglet: 'Pooh?' Pooh: 'Yes, Piglet?' Piglet: 'I've been thinking...' Pooh: 'That's a very good habit...

Piglet: 'Pooh?' Pooh: 'Yes, Piglet?' Piglet: 'I've been thinking...' Pooh: 'That's a very good habit...