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If government would just stop trying to do everything in the world … Well, wait. Let's review what the U.S. government is currently up to:
1. Overhauling health care, or, if not actually overhauling it, talking endlessly about how government should do it.
2. Reconfiguring the way Americans use energy.
3. Rejiggering financial regulations.
4. All the while, trying to restart job growth.
There's a disagreeable pattern here: one of alleged omnicompetence and general nosiness in the service of putting together voter coalitions. We'll get a really close look Thursday when the White House's jobs summit convenes against background noise...
Of Government and 10.2 Percent Unemployment
The easy solution would be to grant oil and gas companies the permits to explore and drill for resources and to disallow frivilous lawsuits by the minority environmentalists and animal lovers. This would bring quick employment (some going to the union), reduce our dependence on foreign oil, keep the $2B we committed to...