Staff Reports
The ever-expanding Washington bureaucracy has taken its arrogance to new heights under the Biden-Harris administration. According to a recent survey conducted by the Napolitan Institute, a shocking 54% of federal government managers are prepared to defy the will of the American people in favor of their own bureaucratic whims. This scenario encapsulates the growing chasm between the so-called “swamp” in D.C. and the hard-working citizens outside its beltway, a divide that only seems to widen under the current regime.
In a survey of 500 federal managers, conducted by the polling expert Scott Rasmussen, when asked about potentially drafting a new regulation that voters overwhelmingly oppose, 54% displayed an alarming lack of respect for democratic principles. Rather than listening to the voices of the citizenry, these entrenched bureaucrats are confident they know better, opting to implement regulations regardless of public sentiment. This brings to light just how smug and entitled these managers have become in their cushy government roles.
.#DC has ceased to be governance and switched to #unconstitutional rule. Most ‘swamp’ managers say voters don’t matter https://t.co/d3VJyOcKaD via @dcexaminer
— Stephen Waters (@sbwTweet) August 23, 2024
The cavalier attitude of these federal employees is compounded by another finding: 51% believe Americans enjoy “too much individual freedom.” It seems that as federal managers grow more insulated from the reality of everyday life in America, their desire to regulate every aspect of it only intensifies. While the majority of the nation may appreciate their freedoms, these bureaucrats are suggestively arguing for more control, which raises a concerning question about who exactly they believe they are serving.
These revelations play right into the hands of former President Trump’s “drain the swamp” initiative aiming to wrestle back control from such self-serving bureaucracies. The current administration, however, has shown little interest in reforming this dysfunctional system. Instead, Biden and Harris prefer to sidestep both Congress and the public, unleashing a torrent of executive orders to push forth their agenda. The only remedy to this situation lies in changing the party in control of the White House, as the status quo under the current administration appears staunchly resistant to any shift towards accountability.
Critics are understandably outraged by such blatant disregard for democratic processes. For instance, regulation expert Clyde Wayne Crews points out that the audacity of bureaucrats to impose regulations in the face of widespread public opposition reinforces the core issues with the administrative state. For far too long, the experts masquerading as public servants have prioritized their own agenda over the interests and freedoms of the people they ostensibly serve.
Crews’ observations are particularly troubling in light of the Biden administration’s trend to proliferate regulations across various sectors of American life, from healthcare to energy to the mundane product regulations that can feel like they invade everyday lives. This prevalence of red tape coupled with a dismissive attitude from federal managers can only be seen as an indication of a drift toward increased government intrusion, tailored to a narrative that favors bureaucratic oversight over individual liberties.
It’s become abundantly clear that as long as the Biden administration remains in power, the outlook for a return to limited government seems bleak. The bureaucratic arrogance reflected in these surveys is symptomatic of a larger problem – a deep-seated belief among D.C. elites that they know what’s best for the rest of the country. Only a significant political shift can hope to turn back the tide of this bureaucratic overreach, reminding the Washington establishment that they are not above the very citizens they were elected to serve.
