Jeffrey Tucker calls it a “permanent class of administrative overlords” – unelected bureaucrats who make major government decisions behind-the-scenes, without fear of losing voter support. This US “Administrative State” often leads to bad results.
In a stunning testimony, NIH principal deputy director Lawrence Tabak (who was not elected) finally admitted to Congress that American taxpayers funded gain of function research at the Wuhan Institute Of Virology and EcoHealth Alliance – but claims the research was “generic”, “not regulated” and poses “no threat or harm to anybody.” This appears to be in direct conflict with recent statements by EcoHealth Alliance president Dr. Peter Daszak, who told the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic that his organization “never has and did not do” gain-of-function research.
Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. Follow him at https://x.com/jeffreyatucker and https://brownstone.org/
Auron MacIntyre is a host and columnist at The Blaze. He is the author of “The Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies”. Find more at https://auronmacintyre.substack.com/ and follow Auron at https://x.com/auronmacintyre
