Policy Making Gifts

'If we do applaud transparency, will anyone see it?'

'That's it, in a nutshell.'

'To put it simply, our policy just isn't complicated enough.'

"Let's play health care!"

What Population Problem?

STRIP *Community Care * 'client empowerment' policy

"The minister has instructed us to get rid of 43% of meaningless targets in the next 43 days." "Could we start with that one?"

'The U.S. has less than 5% of the world's population, but consumes 25% of its natural resources. Pretty outrageous, isn't it?'

"We've been campaigning for years to encourage central government to delegate more powers to local authorities..."

IN-trays 'INSIDERS' and 'OUTSIDERS'.

"Just once I'd like to see us pass something on a voice vote."

Biden tapes together the Paris Climate Agreement.

Janet Yellen

'We thought we'd put in the detail later.'

'I just repealed 'No Child Left Behind'. Great, huh?'

"Don't be afraid! I won't let them separate us!"

'There you have it, gentlemen. The ideal anti-corruption three-pint self-regulatory business framework.'

'Eureka may or may NOT be the most appropriate response, I think we need to set up a policy committee to consider developing a policy that encapsulates...'

'Of course cutting back on this level of bureaucracy will require a lot of work...'

Obama and the Dragon

"Ben, don't be so down, it's not like the weight of the world economy is on your shoulders - oh, wait, it is."

'The government is offering us financial incentives to offer out staff financial incentives to offer our customers financial incentives to come up withsome good ideas for financial incentives.'

Political authority - bureaucratic control.

Hate Platforms

"Our today's national health care proposal comes full circle to our earlier position."

World Trade: Politics

Idea Storage: U.S. politics

"The industry has agreed to take the pensions dashboard off our hands. . ."

'Our views on same-ideology coalitions are evolving.'

We need a Europe of U-turns.

'So NOW there's universal health care!'

The Carbon Tax is Near

"It drives me MAD when people moan about too many managers. . . I mean without US who would make pointless policy proposals."

Federal Bureau of Do As We Say, NOT As We Do!

Stalemate