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Despite creating jobs and potential environmental benefits, chronic mismanagement and escalating costs have eroded public trust, making continued taxpayer support irresponsible.—
Phillip Molnar,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2025 -
While opponents decried the debt package as financially irresponsible, allies of the mayor defended it as a typical and crucial way to fund basic infrastructure work.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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Conservatives have long criticized this expansion, arguing that federal agencies are now a de facto fourth branch of government – and one that is unelected and unaccountable to the public.—
Henry Gass,
The Christian Science Monitor,
19 Feb. 2025
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Nathan Howard/Reuters To his critics, Elon Musk is an unelected and unaccountable government official wielding expansive executive power in violation of the U.S. Constitution.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2025
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The articles are rooted in Reformation ideas and demanded, among other things, each village’s right to elect its own pastor and to be exempt from payments and duties not found in the Bible.—
Michael Bruening,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
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Public safety positions, including firefighters, were exempt from the terminations.—
Jeff A. Chamer,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Nonaccountable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonaccountable. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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