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I don't have much opinion about the other stuff they are doing like challenging China on trade but what the EPA is doing seems outright evil. Instead of increas
by maxxxxx 8y ago
I don't have much opinion about the other stuff they are doing like challenging China on trade but what the EPA is doing seems outright evil. Instead of increasing standards they seem to be hellbent to go back to the glory days of 100 years ago when companies could pollute as much as they wanted. And the whole push for more coal seems incredibly stupid. Instead of taking the leadership with renewable energy they want to prop up an industry that's (hopefully) on the way out.
- mywittyname 8y agoThis administration has found the person who has the most incentive to destroy a particular government agency, then puts them in charge of it. See: Pruitt & EPA, DeVos & DoE, Pai & FCC. And now Kavanaugh has been put on the Supreme Court specifically because his view is that the entire idea of Congress delegating authority to government agencies is unconstitutional.
- maxxxxx 8y agoExactly. They put people in charge of departments they either hate or don't understand like Ross at Commerce or Perry at Energy.
- ArchTypical 8y ago> the entire idea of Congress delegating authority to government agencies is unconstitutional. Authority? More like responsibility, aka implementation. I happen to believe that congress born agencies should never have been created. Anything Congress creates becomes a self-sustaining, unkillable organization, because...Congress is glacial in deciding anything. Any government born agency (regardless of branch) has authority. Which is more efficient and reliable, Congressional Agencies or Cabinet Bureaus? The threat that a Bureau can be dissolved at any time is important to their operation.
- maxxxxx 8y agoI am not sure what you are trying to say. Do you have any examples?
- mywittyname 8y agoI believe he's getting at the Nondelegation Doctrine [0]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nondelegation_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nondelegation_doctrine
- slededit 8y agoThis would also prevent congress from delegating war making powers to the President. In essence a formal declaration would then be required before military force could be used. I think it would be a healthy change.
- maxxxxx 8y agoCongress seems to have given up on using their powers because they are way too busy fighting each other. So they delegate decisions to the president.
- mywittyname 8y agoThe official terminology is delegated legislative power. I'm not sure authority is meaningfully different than power in the context of that comment, but since specifics are important in politics, I'll try to be as precise as possible.
- wonderwonder 8y agoThis is exactly what has been done. It appears that the majority of regulatory departments have been captured by the industries they are supposed to be regulating. To see a historical example of the consequences of this at work, just take a look at the recent financial collapse and the SEC response. 1 person prosecuted, and a majority of the programs that led to the collapse are now back up and running. The collapse in 2008 was dollars and cents, imagine a similar collapse involving the environment and human health.