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The US Constitution allows companies (and anyone else) to make recommendations as to the salaries of government employees. No law needed to "allow" them to.
by ensignavenger 7y ago
The US Constitution allows companies (and anyone else) to make recommendations as to the salaries of government employees. No law needed to "allow" them to.
- ahartmetz 7y agoHowever if it was spelled out explicitly, it could be used to argue that it should actually happen. Every part of a legal text has some effect, even a preamble - it provides context for interpretation when something unclear needs to be resolved. So when somebody from Boeing says "About those salaries..."
- salawat 7y agoYou're missing the nuance. Your contention amounts to basic civics. The legislation mandates an executive implemented direct feedback loop which can be used by industry to essentially attempt to crack down on problematic regulators. While the intent is that it should remain neutral, and only used for purposes of streamlining and "making things more efficient", providing a means through which industry could say "this works" vs. "this doesn't", it won't end up being used that way.