>These are the executive branch cabinet agencies and they do little
>else than centrally design, plan, measure and coordinate every aspect
>and activity of this country, its economy, people, society, culture,
>material resources, and their respective interactions. Click on any
>item listed and you will get the idea pretty fast.
Let's also note that all this is done at taxpayer's expense--but that the rational (profitable) effects of the regulation, information, coordination redounds to the profits of the owners of capital. Once more the magic formula of capitalism: socialize losses; privatize profits.
Thanks,
Joanna B.