Re: Libertarianism Q&A
Daniel C. Burton (dan@antispam.autobahn.org)
8 Feb 1998 09:54:16 GMT
Kevin Dempsey Peterson <peterson@ocf.Berkeley.EDU> wrote in article
<Pine.SOL.3.96.980207211248.12231C-100000@apocalypse>...
> If anyone can give me a pointer to the list of things we want to
> abolish, I'd be very appreciative. I'll check the LP website to see if
> it's theere.
Here are abbreviations for some we probably want to abolish:
ACDA Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
CEA Council of Economic Advisors
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
DEA Drug Enforcement Agency
DOL Department of Labor
DOT Department of Transportation
EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FRB Federal Reserve Board
FTC Federal Trade Commission
GSA General Services Adminstration
HHS Department of Health and Human Services
HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development
ICC Interstate Commerce Commission
INS Imigration and Naturalization Service
IRS Internal Revenue Service
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration
NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIJ National Institute of Justice
NLRB National Labor Relations Board
NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NSF National Science Foundation
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Adminstration
SBA Small Business Adminstration
SEC Securities and Exchange Commisssion
TVA Tenessee Valley Authority
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
USPS United States Postal Service
(That's 34, I probably got them right.)
Isn't that frightening?
And that's just the Federal Level! Here are some California government
agencies I could find abbreviations for that we probably want to abolish
too:
CAC California Apprenticeship Council
CalEPA Environmental Protection Agency
CalExpo California State Fair
Cal/OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Adminstration
Caltrans Department of Transportation
CARA California Rivers Assessment
CASS California Agricultural Statistics Service
CBSC California Building Standards Commission
CHPDAC Health Policy and Data Advisory Commission
CEDAR California Economic Diversification and Revitalization
CELS California Export Laboratory Services
CETC California Environmental Technology Center
CERES California Environmental Resources Evaluation System
COICC California Occupational Information Coordinating Committee
CCRC California Constitution Revision Commission
CFC California Film Commission
CSLC California State Lands Commission
CSU California State University
CSUI California State University Institute
DAS Division of Apprenticeship Standards
DOIT Department of Information Technology
DOSH Division of Occupational Safety & Health
DLSE Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
DLSR Division of Labor Statistics & Research
DSA Division of the State Architect
EDD Employment Development Department
IMC Industrial Medical Council
ITEC Information Technology and Education Center
IWC Industrial Welfare Commission
LEAD Licensee Education on Alcohol and Drugs
LUPIN Land Use Planning Information Network
OASIS Operational Area Satellite Information System
OREDS Office of Real Estate and Design Services
OSHAB Occupational Safety & Health Appeals Board
OSHSB Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board
OTAN Outreach and Technical Assistance Network
SCIF State Compensation Insurance Fund
SMCS State Mediation & Conciliation Service
UCSD/SIO Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UC San Diego
I imagine all these abbreviations on a flyer that says "Do you know what
these stand for? ... [agencies] ... Then why are you paying for them?"
Then we'd have to bring this list to the meeting because people just might
not believe us that these all stand for something!