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Federal Bureaucracy is like a huge wheel

a: Federal Bureaucracy ~
b: a huge wheel

What: "Once started, the Federal Bureaucracy is like a huge wheel, crushing everything in it's path. The guy spreading lawn fertilizer may be faced with Federal fines, and/or jail time, if not in compliance with Federal regulations."

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Writer: Jim Brauhn
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Date: Sep 29 2011 11:38 AM


Federal Bureaucracy Like State Bureaurcracy

a: Federal bureaucracy ~
b: a giant mirror

What: "The bloated, corrupt Federal bureaucracy is like a giant mirror image of corrupt, bloated state governments like NY, California and Illinois where the public sector has gone rabidly insane and greedy."

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Writer: Troy Street
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Sep 29 2011 11:44 AM


Bureaucracy Is Like A Middle-aged Man

a: The federal bureaucracy ~
b: a middle-aged man

What: "The federal bureaucracy is like a middle-aged man: Flabby, self-indulgent, even entitled in a way. For too long, we've fed it and watched it grow larger, demanding too little from it, not engaging it in any measures of austerity. And now it has become gargantuan, a leviathan of biblical proportions, consuming tax dollars and racking up debt."

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Writer: Mark E. Murphy
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Sep 29 2011 11:30 AM


The Federal Dinosaur

a: The federal bureaucracy ~
b: a giant dinosaur

What: "The federal bureaucracy is like a giant dinosaur; you hit it in the rear and it takes a week to reach the brain."

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Writer: Herb Denenberg
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Sep 29 2011 11:32 AM


The Federal Tick?

a: The federal bureaucracy ~
b: a huge, blood engorged tick

What: "The Federal bureaucracy is like a huge, blood engorged tick, with its head buried deep into American society, sucking up gross amounts of tax dollars while growing ever bigger and stifling American life. One after another, Presidents have found it impossible to change the government bureaucracy, or reduce its size. "

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Writer: Peter Marshall
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Date: Sep 29 2011 11:34 AM



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