bureaucracy – Ellery's Essays

Resigning to but Reducing Red Tape

We encounter red tape in just about every transaction we undertake. It’s burdensome, annoying, and always a waste of our precious time. Red tape is a scourge, and it should be eradicated. But we don’t and we won’t get rid of it because not only do we resign ourselves to it, we accept it asContinue reading “Resigning to but Reducing Red Tape”

Can’t Fight City Hall

Can’t fight city hall is an idiom for any futile effort against a large institution like government. If you’re just one among millions of citizens who has a complaint about a government law or regulation, chances are you’d be unsuccessful, if not dismissed at the start. Paying taxes and fees to the Philippine government isContinue reading “Can’t Fight City Hall”