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Privatizing Lambert: Boon Or Boondoggle?
In 1996, the United States Federal Aviation Administration created a program to encourage the privatization of the country’s airports, which are largely public. Since then, only one airport has successfully privatized through the program, but St. Louis Lambert might be next. This past June, the City of St. Louis’ Board of Estimate and Apportionment approved…
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Red Tape Blues: The Need For More Bureaucratic Independence
We often use ‘bureaucracy’ as a dirty word. Everyone has a horror story about waiting in line for hours at the DMV or spending ages trying to file their taxes correctly. Dealing with red tape has become part of Americans’ day-to-day life. [su_pullquote align=”right”]The legislative branch makes policy, but bureaucracy is how policy actually happens.[/su_pullquote]Since most…
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