The mandate hoax of 1995.(Unfunded Mandate Reform Act of 1995)

From: National Review | Date: November 27, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

The Unfunded Mandate Act is essentially meaningless and does not actually ban unfunded mandates at all. It does not cover existing mandates, is not even a law and contains a great deal of vague language.

Mr. Lund is a professor of law at the George Mason School of Law.

IN recent decades the United States Congress has developed the taste and the means for evading the constitutional inhibitions on the growth of government. The most insidious mechanisms so far adopted have included tax-shifting devices that enable Congress to give things away without fully assuming the risks entailed in ...

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