Tag: Administrative State
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Transitioning the Administrative State to State Capitalism
by William L. Kovacs, ©2026 (Jun. 29, 2026) — RIP Administrative State! President Trump has slain it by cutting programs, funding, and civil servants, and by minimizing the effectiveness of the rules-confining Administrative Procedure Act. As a result, there are few remaining consumer protections, banking protections, and little aid for the poor. Concurrently, Justice Gorsuch…
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Transitioning from Regulatory Sclerosis to Arbitrary State Capitalism
by William L. Kovacs, ©2025 (Sep. 2, 2025) — President Trump successfully campaigned against the Administrative State. Now, he is in the process of dismantling it. The question is what is its replacement. His campaign gave the impression that it would lead to a smaller, less active, and more efficient government. However, Trump is transitioning…
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Ramaswamy: Pulling Back “Administrative State” Priority of DOGE
by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 17, 2024) — In an interview on today’s “Sunday Morning Futures” hosted by Maria Bartiromo, former 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, 39, tapped by President-Elect Donald Trump to co-chair the newly-launched “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), began by stating that those elected by the people to run the government are…
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National Debt Will Force Devolution of Power to the States
by William L. Kovacs, ©2023 (Nov. 7, 2023) — [Part I: Fix a Government Too Big to Govern: Devolve Power to the States.] As the spending minuet plays out between the House and Senate over appropriations, supplemental spending for wars, and government shutdowns, a wall of debt is being built around the Congress. With an…