Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must di…

P. J. O'Rourke
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Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us. ✨ P. J. O'Rourke (2007). Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government, p.85, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us. ✨ P. J. O'Rourke (2007). Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government, p.85, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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