Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Why Government Bureaucrats Rarely Get in Trouble for Doing Nothing

Once in a while, a government agency adopts a policy that is logical, hardheaded, based on experience and unswayed by cheap sentiment. This may be surprising enough to make you reconsider your view of bureaucrats. But not to worry: It usually doesn't last.
In March the federal Transportation Security Administration surprised the country by relaxing its ban on knives and other items. Starting April 25, it said, it would allow knives with blades shorter than 2.36 inches, as well as golf clubs, pool cues and hockey sticks.

Read more: http://reason.com/archives/2013/04/29/why-government-bureaucrats-rarely-get-in

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