I believe you are right. Some of the stuff the NRA prints are real horror stories. I just had no idea it was so pervasive.
" In such circumstances, all activity became strictly pro forma, with no purpose external to itself." This is a great description of bureaucracy in general. If the so-calle Conservative party would take this issue to heart, they might have a winner, but once the state takes over health care, they can't talk about anything else, and everyuthing else goes to pot.