Smaller Government

by digby

Never let it be said that the authoritarian Bush administration voraciously seeks more power wherever and whenever it can get it:

On the eve of an important Senate committee meeting to consider the legislation, Nancy A. Nord, the acting chairwoman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, has asked lawmakers in two letters not to approve the bulk of legislation that would increase the agency’s authority, double its budget and sharply increase its dwindling staff.

Ms. Nord opposes provisions that would increase the maximum penalties for safety violations and make it easier for the government to make public reports of faulty products, protect industry whistle-blowers and prosecute executives of companies that willfully violate laws.

That’s what Republicans mean when they say they want to “keep the government out of your lives.”

Warrantless eavesdropping, torture and throwing you in prison indefinitely? Not so much.

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