Kathianne
11-19-2014, 02:31 AM
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/grubers-obamacare-payday-highlights-ulterior-motives-behind-do-something-cry/article/2556348
Gruber's Obamacare payday highlights ulterior motives behind 'do something' cryBY TIMOTHY P. CARNEY (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/timothy-p.-carney) | NOVEMBER 18, 2014 | 6:04 PM
For all the cursing of congressional gridlock, one of the greatest sources of Washington’s evils may be the bias in favor of doing something.
As voices chime in from the major media, from K Street, and from party leadership for the new Republican Congress to do something, it’s worth pausing, taking a breath, and looking at the recent problems caused by this urge — and the less-than-noble incentives that sometimes drive it.
The Beltway media’s predominant bias is that, for every issue, Washington politicians should do something. The simplest explanation for this bias: it gives reporters something to write about. Inaction is bad for readership.
Democratic politicians’ uncontrollable urge to do something is tied up with their view of government’s role as the champion of justice, the wise arranger of the economy and shaper of culture...
Gruber's Obamacare payday highlights ulterior motives behind 'do something' cryBY TIMOTHY P. CARNEY (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/timothy-p.-carney) | NOVEMBER 18, 2014 | 6:04 PM
For all the cursing of congressional gridlock, one of the greatest sources of Washington’s evils may be the bias in favor of doing something.
As voices chime in from the major media, from K Street, and from party leadership for the new Republican Congress to do something, it’s worth pausing, taking a breath, and looking at the recent problems caused by this urge — and the less-than-noble incentives that sometimes drive it.
The Beltway media’s predominant bias is that, for every issue, Washington politicians should do something. The simplest explanation for this bias: it gives reporters something to write about. Inaction is bad for readership.
Democratic politicians’ uncontrollable urge to do something is tied up with their view of government’s role as the champion of justice, the wise arranger of the economy and shaper of culture...