Americans Like\u00a0Regulation<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy James Kwak It\u2019s a well-known fact that Americans oppose government spending in the abstract yet favor virtually every government spending program. For example, last April Gallup reported t…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Or, put another way, while they dislike regulation as a whole or as a concept, they like what regulation does and, if pressed on individual regulatory areas, are likely (as they consider specific problems and abuses) to support the current or expanded regulatory burden. 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