- Want Effective Government? Then You Have to Pay Decent Salaries http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/04/want-effective-government-then-you-have-to-pay-decent-salaries/360072/ 38 comments politics
- Oil industry wants government to build seawall to protect refineries from climate change effects https://www.oregonlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/08/88ce31f2fa4310/oil-industry-wants-government.html 10 comments nottheonion
- CNN: Americans Overwhelmingly Say Federal Bailout Has Not Been Effective And Majority Want The Government To Stop Providing Money To Banks. http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/16/news/economy/tarp_poll/index.htm?postversion=2009011612 152 comments reddit.com
- Well, a couple of weeks ago when the lock-down had not come into effect someone from r/India had warned that the government might try and do something shady when our backs were turned so, just wanted to introduce Back here to Shady... "INSULT HEAPED ON INJURY: OMAR"... looks like love at first sight http://103.241.136.50/epaper/dc/hyd/510x798/2020-04-02/b_images/hyd_2020-04-02_maip4_5.jpg 6 comments india
- A politician can say "We should have a balanced budget". It sounds good, but why aren't they challenged? What they really want is a balanced operating budget over the business cycle. You can't put that in the Constitution. It requires effective government and constant vigilance. http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2011/07/debt-ceiling-update.html 3 comments economy
- Why You Want the Government Running Health, Education and Defense The public sector often provides services faster, cheaper and more effectively. http://www.alternet.org/story/151195/why_you_want_the_government_running_health%2C_education_and_defense?akid=7057.225075.v7wfoz&rd=1&t=15 12 comments reddit.com
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Is Effective and Popular—So Why Do Trump and Musk Want to Shut It Down? | The war on the CFPB isn’t about cutting government spending—it’s about protecting financial predators from accountability. https://msmagazine.com/2025/02/19/consumer-financial-protection-bureau-trump-elon-musk-banks-credit-cards/ 9 comments politics
- "Effectively, it appears that the US government wants to seize someone and drag them across the ocean to face federal charges for doing something that was perfectly legal in his home country and probably legal in the US. Do they not see how that might create some issues? " http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110617/04014414727/why-is-justice-department-pretending-us-copyright-laws-apply-uk.shtml 75 comments worldnews
- Remember when the US government told us they wanted China to buy more US goods? Well, what they actually meant was contracts for the most powerful US corporations. Effectively making the exorbitantly rich and powerful more rich and powerful. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12229585 3 comments politics
- Liberal Dutch marijuana policy taking another hit? - The new conservative Dutch government wants to force the country's marijuana cafes to become "members only" clubs, a move that would effectively block foreigners from buying the drug. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/7300765.html 4 comments worldnews
- UK government wants to effectively ban end to end encryption whilst insisting they don't want that. Show total non understanding of how encryption works. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07 14 comments worldnews
- 'Porn lock' heralds death of WikiLeaks, internet, democracy, universe • British government wants to gag WikiLeaks, and is drawing up Orwellian plans to exploit fears over the effect of online smut on children http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/20/vaizey_filters/ 242 comments worldnews
- Volkswagen paid huge penalties in the United States but virtually nothing in Europe. No european government wants to seek penalties for the lies and negative health effects of pollution. There is evidence of top german managers ordering fraud. No european prosecutor want to seek jail for them https://www.propublica.org/article/how-vw-paid-25-billion-for-dieselgate-and-got-off-easy?utm_campaign=sprout&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1517892912 32 comments europe
