Do We Need a Department of Energy?
(Archived document, may contain errors) 176 I April 5, 1982 DO WENEED A DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY INTRODUCTION Abolish the Department of Energy, urged Ronald Reagan during his presidential campaign. Citing it as a signal example of bureaucratic waste, inefficiency, and ineptitude, Reagan made DOE'S termination a symbol for the new direction he hoped to bring to Washington. To Reagan,.DOE was archetypical of the sort of federal interventionism he was pledging to stop.
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