Originally Posted by
entilzhaFT
TX-14. Ran (twice?) for Libertarian nomination for president.
No,
just once (in '88). You're thinking of Harry Browne's consecutive runs.
His essays and speeches on his .gov site are frequently picked up at
antiwar.com. The latest riffs on the
DHS:
More Bureaucracy, Less Security:
Originally Posted by Rep. Ron Paul
Congress voted this past week to authorize nearly $40 billion for the Department of Homeland Security, but the result will likely continue to be more bureaucracy and less security for Americans.
Five years into this new department, Congress still cannot agree on how to handle the mega-bureaucracy it created, which means there has been no effective oversight of the department. While Congress remains in disarray over how to fund and oversee the department, we can only wonder whether we are more vulnerable than we were before Homeland Security was created.
I was opposed to the creation of a new Homeland Security department from the beginning. Only in Washington would anyone call the creation of an additional layer of bureaucracy on top of already bloated bureaucracies "streamlining." Only in Washington would anyone believe that a bigger, more centralized federal government means more efficiency.
Go
Ron, Go!