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PositionCitings - Brief article

"In Washington, D.C., and many state capitals, the best you can say is that some of the lawmakers read some of the bills some of the time. The rest rely on staff-written summaries and word-of-mouth descriptions from colleagues and lobbyists. They often don't know what they're doing, and then they can't remember why they did it."

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--John J. Pitney Jr., "Don'tVoteforMe"

"In other words, protection not only compels consumers to pay more than they should for the products they buy; it deprives future consumers of the main benefit of competitive capitalism: continued product and process innovation."

--Joel Mokyr, "Future Enemies"

"Procedural reforms...

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