Sunstein said that the reform proposals, which are now available for public review as they head to become final rules in roughly 80 days, “underline and italicize the words freedom of choice.” [emphasis added]Coming from this Administration - and Sunstein in particular - that is a statement I regard as roughly equivalent to the Nazi slogan Arbeit Macht Frei [Work Makes You Free] used at the entrance to Auschwitz concentration camp.
By the way, as of two days ago, none of those sections allegedly designed for public feedback were operational and there were no comments.
P.S. If the partial list provided at AEI is any indication, none of these changes touch anything serious. (Yes, I'm not surprised, either.) For example,
- Creating a system of hazard labels that conforms to “international harmonization.”Color me underwhelmed.
- Making sure federal regulatory code doesn’t refer to nations that no longer exist.
[Update] IBD does a good job of showing why, even if Sunstein and crew were sincere, this would still be a drop in a leaky bucket.
2 comments:
The part about the plans being not exactly available for viewing made me think of the beginning of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, when Arthur finds out too late that the plans to build a freeway through his house had been on "public display" in a basement.
Kelly,
Too funny, in a 'man slips on banana peel' way. Ouch.
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