| − | [[File:FDR-LBJ.png|thumb|right|300px|[[FDR]] (left) shakes hands with [[LBJ]] (right). The New Deal expansion of federal civil service jobs in the federal government was the inspiration for [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s [[Great Society]] 20 years later in 1960s.]] | + | [[File:FDR-LBJ.png|thumb|right|300px|[[FDR]] (left) shakes hands with [[LBJ]] (right). The New Deal expansion of federal civil service jobs was the inspiration for [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s [[Great Society]] 20 years later in 1960s.]] |
| | [[FDR]]'s New Deal began with, long before ever providing any direct relief to the public, an enormous expansion of the civil service bureaucracy. Agencies were created, and people hired, before there was even any idea or plan what they would do. These are the so-called Alphabet soup agencies.<ref>The enabling legislation for the creation of a new bureaucracy in the [[administrative state]] delegates power to make regulations, hence law, and authorizes start-up funding for staffing. From this [[Nancy Pelosi]]'s now infamous phrase "we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what's in it" can be understood. Another recent example of a corrupt, start-up bureaucracy is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ([[CFPB]]). See : [https://amp.dailycaller.com/2017/09/13/exclusive-obamas-top-campaign-ad-firm-got-nearly-60m-in-federal-contracts ''Obama’s Top Campaign Ad Firm Got Nearly $60M In Federal Contracts''], The Daily Caller, September 13th, 2017.<small>"Obama’s presidential campaign advertising agency received nearly $60 million in federal contracts after he took office...The overwhelming majority of the $58 million funneled to GMMB came from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) created by Democratic [[Sen. Elizabeth Warren]] in 2011. The CFPB awarded the agency a whopping $43.7 million, about 75 percent of GMMB’s total federal funding stream. The second-most lucrative government account for GMMB is a community service agency founded by Bill Clinton, the Corporation for National and Community Service, which awarded GMMB $13.1 million worth of contracts...."</small></ref> | | [[FDR]]'s New Deal began with, long before ever providing any direct relief to the public, an enormous expansion of the civil service bureaucracy. Agencies were created, and people hired, before there was even any idea or plan what they would do. These are the so-called Alphabet soup agencies.<ref>The enabling legislation for the creation of a new bureaucracy in the [[administrative state]] delegates power to make regulations, hence law, and authorizes start-up funding for staffing. From this [[Nancy Pelosi]]'s now infamous phrase "we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what's in it" can be understood. Another recent example of a corrupt, start-up bureaucracy is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ([[CFPB]]). See : [https://amp.dailycaller.com/2017/09/13/exclusive-obamas-top-campaign-ad-firm-got-nearly-60m-in-federal-contracts ''Obama’s Top Campaign Ad Firm Got Nearly $60M In Federal Contracts''], The Daily Caller, September 13th, 2017.<small>"Obama’s presidential campaign advertising agency received nearly $60 million in federal contracts after he took office...The overwhelming majority of the $58 million funneled to GMMB came from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) created by Democratic [[Sen. Elizabeth Warren]] in 2011. The CFPB awarded the agency a whopping $43.7 million, about 75 percent of GMMB’s total federal funding stream. The second-most lucrative government account for GMMB is a community service agency founded by Bill Clinton, the Corporation for National and Community Service, which awarded GMMB $13.1 million worth of contracts...."</small></ref> |