. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. "Actions of government should be made subject to the same kinds of advance security in terms of their impact on the national welfare as are the actions of the private sector. "Certainly a more pubHc interest exists and deserves more attention than it has gotten at some times in the past. And certainly—up to the point at which it becomes counter-productive through its oppressiveness and restrict- iveness and meddlesomeness-the government has a very legitimate role to play in the protection of the public interest. It is a r
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. "Actions of government should be made subject to the same kinds of advance security in terms of their impact on the national welfare as are the actions of the private sector. "Certainly a more pubHc interest exists and deserves more attention than it has gotten at some times in the past. And certainly—up to the point at which it becomes counter-productive through its oppressiveness and restrict- iveness and meddlesomeness-the government has a very legitimate role to play in the protection of the public interest. It is a reasonable and rightful responsibihty of government. "What I do have quarrel with is that the legislative and executive branches of government are able to make their own activities totally immune from the same standards of advance accountabihty which are applied so rigorously to the private sector. "I grant that the pubHc has a valid right to be protected against polluting smokestacks, unsafe and inefficacious drugs, mergers that are monopolistic, and possibly—by some stretch of the imagination-even against farmers who would dam creeks to build ponds. "But what also of the pubUc's right to be protected in some way against unwise laws and ill-considered executive actions? Or against programs bom of poHtical expedience and damn the long-term consequences? Where, for exam- ple, were the impact statements when one administration after another manipulated agricultural price supports, particularly in even-numbered years? Where were the impact statements when government naively, and despite all of the evidence of the past, imposed wage and price controls? Where were the impact statements when grain export embargoes were imposed? "In each of these instances the nation paid dearly for the government's mistakes and agriculture paid particularly ; Warren Lebeck President Chicago Board of Trade Dec. CRANBERRIES D THE NA TIONA L CRA NBERR Y MAGAZINE
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