by Matthew Bransgrove | Sep 28, 2015 | The Bureaucracy
Public servants, who exist to protect the people from violation of their rights, should not themselves behave like thugs. Instead they should treat the general public the way they would want their own family to be treated. Thus, government officers should not: Kick in...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Sep 28, 2015 | The Bureaucracy
Public servants should not belong to or actively support a political party. This is the opposite of the situation in a communist or fascist country where all positions of power are reserved for members of the ruling political party. This principle is given force in...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Sep 28, 2015 | The Bureaucracy
It should be remembered as an axiom of eternal truth in politics, that whatever power in any government is independent, is absolute also; in theory only at first while the spirit of the people is up, but in practice as fast as that relaxes. —Thomas Jefferson. Letter...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Sep 28, 2015 | The Bureaucracy
The suppression of unnecessary offices, of useless establishments and expenses, enabled us to discontinue our internal taxes. These covering our land with officers, and opening our doors to their intrusions, had already begun that process of domiciliary vexation...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Sep 28, 2015 | The Bureaucracy
How invariably officialism becomes corrupt every one knows. Exposed to no such antiseptic as free competition—not dependent for existence, as private unendowed organizations are, on the maintenance of a vigorous vitality; all law-made agencies fall into an inert,...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Sep 28, 2015 | The Bureaucracy
The unadaptiveness of officialism is another of its vices. Unlike private enterprise which quickly modifies its actions to meet emergencies; unlike the shopkeeper who promptly finds the wherewithal to satisfy a sudden demand; unlike the railway-company which doubles...
