Washington’s latest over-used phrase—“rethinking the defense budget”—has, for many policymakers, come to mean “what can we cut next?” On Tuesday, the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs convened to identify solutions to tame the growing defense budget. The thinly veiled premise behind the hearing was to identify what the Administration can cut and which cuts politicians can get behind while trying to appear not to compromise national security. Congress’s continual evaluation of government spending is vital; it can help identify efficiencies as well as …
It’s no secret that Americans are “dissatisfied with food regulatory standards” in the U.S. In response to plunging numbers, Obama decided to create a “food safety working group” to solve the growing problem. However, simply pumping more money into regulatory agencies will not alleviate the contamination problem completely. Obama’s food safety group was kind enough to produce a document expressing their “key findings.” In this document the group calls for a “flexible” approach to food safety and then quickly recommends setting more “rigorous standards for food safety,” which quickly clouds …
