But why should a federal bureaucrat decide what's "chiefly valuable" about a piece of land?

In the late 1940s, he started as a federal bureaucrat in Washington.

If other states followed Pennsylvania's lead, then federal bureaucrats would lose the control they had enjoyed for more than 20 years.

A 10% reduction will be achieved over 10 years by only hiring one federal bureaucrat for every three who retire.

Of course, I wouldn't expect a federal bureaucrat to understand the nuances of free enterprise.

As a parent of three school age children, Bill strongly believes that parents and teachers, not federal bureaucrats, will make the best education decisions for students.

For too long, unelected federal bureaucrats have imposed huge costs on the economy and American people through burdensome regulations.

That's a valid concern, especially if federal bureaucrats had to process all those applications.

Then* ancestors might have been Accountants, or computer experts, or federal bureaucrats.

Even with the potential loss of 50,000 to 100,000 federal bureaucrats, real estate values here remain high.