Submitted by Douglas Carswell, President & CEO of MCPP“Too many boards and commissions in our state have far too much power to decide public policy,” Carswell writes. “Drain the swamp!” How often have we heard this phrase bandied about by politicians seeking to signal that they are on our side? Those that we send to Washington often refer to DC as “the swamp”, a place full of federal bureaucrats making public policy with little reference to the public. A new report, “Drain the Swamp – the administrative state in Mississippi,” published by the Mississippi Center for Public Policy shows that Mississippi’s bureaucrats are out of control. The administrative state in Mississippi is able to make public policy and spend public money with too little accountability to the public.

Source: ABC News June 01, 2022 00:14 UTC