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    "ocrText": "President Gerald R. Ford's handwritten reflections, 1977 or 1978\nScanned from the collection Gerald R. Ford: Materials from the writing of A Time\nTo Heal at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nWhile writing his autobiography, A Time to Heal (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), President\nGerald R. Ford composed a series of personal reflections on twenty-seven topics. What makes\nthese documents so unusual is not only their introspection but also their form. President Ford\nrecorded these observations by hand, writing in blue ball point on his favored yellow writing\ntablets. He did not expend time and energy to polish and edit his writing, apparently planning to\ndo so when incorporating them into the book. Therefore occasional spelling or grammatical\nerrors or incomplete thoughts appear.\nFor each reflection the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library has scanned President Ford's\nhandwritten document and added a Library-produced transcription below to aid in reading the\nreflection.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nRegulatory agencies -why so big so ineffecture\nso expensive? What did 2 try to do about its\nthe public. nowadays the abuses are not as clear\nbeing because 2 real on alleged above against\nRegulatory agencies invaluably come into\ncut but The capality to high-light a porblem of\nit is greater to day Than at The time\nThe 2cc was first establishment This capality\nmay in itself result in m-mudel federal regalation\n+ the perpettuation 8 no longer muded negulation\nHowever from, whither mudedor not a\nfederal regulatory agency without out exception\ngrowt in imployees, dollar not, The prehification\nof its rules of actions and The Hopansion I its\njunshiction The latter takes place whither Complex\nauthorizes a bridening of its charter. This general\ntrend regulatory results from human nature - Those who work\nfor and agarey are usually deeply interested in the\nproblems under The of the commission on\ncan di a letter job for the public than any other tool.\nagency and conseculturnsly believe the arm 3, goot\nIn addition is some cance Those regulated themselves\ncause problems, legal, technical & otherwise, that\nand to the with load. finally Congress is not immune\nfrom blame. It Tentemes piles In new personation,\nnew paper - work.\nRegulatory Agencies - why so big, so ineffective, so expensive? What did I try to do about it?\nRegulatory Agencies invariably come into being because of real or alleged abuse against the\npublic. Nowadays the abuses are not as clear cut but the capability to high-light a problem &\npropagandize it is greater to-day than at the time the ICC was first established. This capability\nmay in itself result in un-needed new federal regulation & the perpetuation of no-longer needed\nregulation.\nHowever born, whether needed or not, a federal regulatory agency without out exception grows\nin employees, dollar cost, the proliferation of its rules & actions and the expansion of its\njurisdiction. The latter takes place whether Congress authorizes a broadening of its charter. This\ngeneral trend results from human nature - those who work for a regulatory agency are usually\ndeeply interested in the problems under the jurisdiction of the commission or agency and\nconscientiously believe the arm of govt can do a better job for the public than any other tool. In\naddition in some cases those regulated themselves cause problems, legal, technical or otherwise,\nthat add to the work-load. Finally Congress is not immune from blame. It oftentimes piles on\nnew jurisdiction, new paper-work."
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