Policy Control Quotes
The Communist party officials in Peking would screen all the candidates and eliminate populist of corporation hostile politicians who might turn the Hong Kong election into a class warfare type of conflict where the vast majority of poor or lower middle class Hong Kong citizens would pressure all candidates to commit to more equality be passing taxes and other laws that might put restrictions on corporations which would inhibit the open capitalistic system in Hong Kong, where a person can have an idea in the morning, form a corporation by Noon and set up offices and start to do business before the end of the day having fulfilled all required legal obligations. One irony here is the richest capitalists would be expected to oppose a numerical control of the City, but they are joined by Mr. Leung and the Chinese Communist Party in wanting to be sure that the rich businessmen had a great deal of influence and power. Chinese Communism makes for some very strange bedfellows. See {642335}.
The context was a discussion about the phrase “Axis of Evil” referring to Iran, Iraq and North Korea which President George W. Bush had used in one of his political speech and then had to later explain why his polices with respect to the three were so different and inconsistent.
Like the United States, Canada has always had tension in its political system over political appointees verses civil servants. The Canadian Conservative Party, after complaining about their oppositions abuse of political appointments, when they came into power cut the number of political appointees substantially. They then regretted they couldn't control the government.
Actually, this is true for most government agencies and many non-government institutions as well. The concern is greater when organizations whose policies can affect life and death are not consciously developing and choosing policy alternatives and yet the policies are made by default.
American diplomats and experts were somewhat critical of European agricultural policies—especially the protectionism. Delors, whose political culture was French, where outside criticism was very much resented. America, while urging free agricultural trade, maintained heavy agricultural subsidies and protectionist measures itself. Most economists and politicians would like to open agriculture, but politically few have the courage to do so.
