Subj : Re: Mr T
To : TIM RICHARDSON
From : Ron Lauzon
Date : Sun Feb 23 2020 08:04 am
-=> TIM RICHARDSON wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS <=-
TR> That is....those `unelected' individuals who think `they' know better
TR> than the president.
I recently read a good book that made a strong case that we effectively have 4
branches of gov't:
1. Executive
2. Legislative
3. Judicial
4. Bureaucracy
Remember Nervious Nancy with the "You have to pass the bill to find out what's
in it."?
What they are doing is passing a bill that says "Gov't agency X has the power
to fix <this problem>". So the bill doesn't actually do anything bug confer
power on a gov't agency so that they can fix <this problem> and have the force
of law behind them.
The people in gov't agencies are unelected and, for the most part, fire proof.
The most likely reason for them leaving their job: dieing (from mostly natural
causes).
The Bureaucracy needs to be fixed. Make them easier to fire. Do not permit
Congress to cede power to them. If Congress doen't know how to fix a problem,
they can ask the gov't agency to draft something up - but Congress needs to
pass the solution and not pass the buck to an unelected, unaccoutable group of
people.
... Would it help if I got out and pushed?
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