Because they're clueless and they're living in the past. There are notable exceptions but for the most part this applies to public administration in general. F

Because they're clueless and they're living in the past. There are notable exceptions but for the most part this applies to public administration in general. From their point of view, why should they try to find novel solutions to evident problems while they can much more easily just "regulate away" the potential for such solutions (for now, that is) and claim the problem doesn't exist in the first place? Public administration is notoriously bad at both embracing change and long-term planning because its stakeholders' outlook is measured in legislative periods.