"No federal legislator could conceivably even read, let alone analyze and study, all the laws on which he must vote. He must depend on his numerous aids and assistants, or outside lobbyists, or fellow legislators, or some other source for most of his decisions on how to vote. The unelected congressional bureaucracy almost surely has far more influence today in shaping the detailed laws that are passed than do our elected representatives."
- Milton and Rose Friendman in "Free to Choose" |
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