Federal grants are the key to constraining bureaucracy

By Dan Benson

Published May 11, 2017 4:04am ET

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Federal grants are the key to constraining bureaucracy — If Trump and Kushner are serious about draining the Beltway swamp, the quickest, most effective and lasting way might be to eliminate the grants-in-aid regime that produces so much of the bureaucratic mire. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) | Evan Vucci

“The bureaucracy is a circle from which no one can escape.” — Karl Marx

According to popular lore, someone — a guy in a parking garage — once famously said, “Follow the money.” That would be good advice for President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who has been given the task of “taming” the federal bureaucracy.

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