> America has it particularly bad because a good portion of the population doesn't believe in regulations _at all_. I don't think our crappy regulations are pr

> America has it particularly bad because a good portion of the population doesn't believe in regulations _at all_. I don't think our crappy regulations are properly blameable on the people who believe regulations are crappy, but rather on the sort of people we hire and retain as civil servants. 'Good enough for government work,' I'm told, used to be praise; it sure isn't any longer. Nowadays both civil servants and employees of large corporations are bureaucrats first, servants second (if at all).