Red tape

The American term for procedure that has stopped serving anything, and it is never neutral. Politicians campaign on cutting it. Agencies publish counts of rules eliminated. The metaphor is of something that binds without holding anything together.

Categories United States, Processes, Standing Tags figures of speech, government

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