| We are having a heck of a time in our society | | | | another 5-7 more years? And this is an airport |
| and civilization, and we have far too many laws, | | | | their county really needs now, like yesterday and |
| rules, and regulations slowing down or forward | | | | it has for a good 20-years and thus, he said to |
| progress. Many say the reason for all these | | | | me; |
| regulations is due to the abuses of the private | | | | "On the new airport, any news of success is |
| sector, and yet, everyone knows that those in | | | | premature. We are still in the middle of Phase II |
| the private sector with enough money are able to | | | | of our NEPA-required EIS, with at least a year |
| avoid the rules with lawyers, dodge them with | | | | and a half to two years to go before a Record |
| political contributions to politicians, or cover their | | | | of Decision is issued. If the ROD survives the |
| tracks, meaning the rules really do not apply to | | | | spate of lawsuits which opponents have |
| them anyway. | | | | threatened us with, we would still have the actual |
| So, if this is the case, why have rules at all, | | | | construction to complete; so at best, even if |
| especially if we are going to go against the | | | | everything goes our way, we are 5 to 7 years |
| warnings of Adam Smith and turn a blind eye to | | | | away from a new airport. " |
| the realities at hand. Those who get into bed with | | | | Wow, so, apparently, the bureaucracy is even |
| the politicians and grease the wheels of the | | | | slowing down the bureaucracy itself, and at the |
| bureaucracy get to do pretty much whatever | | | | taxpayer's expense and the citizen's chagrin. |
| they need. But the little guy gets the squeeze and | | | | Sheesh and I thought things were tough in China |
| deals with the barriers to entry to compete | | | | where you have to wait 247 days to get a |
| against the "players" if you will. | | | | business license or India for over a year? No |
| Not long ago, I had mentioned this issue to an | | | | wonder we can't maintain our infrastructure or |
| airport commissioner of a far away state, but | | | | upgrade this civilization. Kind of reminds me of a |
| very much within our country. They'd been | | | | book I read "Bureaucracy" by Ludwig van Misses. |
| working on putting a new airport into the county, | | | | Anyway, case in point; We Have Too Much |
| and had been working on it for 16-years, and | | | | Regulation and Too Much Bureaucracy. So, please |
| whereas, I congratulated him for a long-journey | | | | consider all this. |
| and a future airport, he noted that if could be | | | | |