> There is more than enough way to solve these problems, but for some f'n reason there is no will... It's pretty straightforward. Most people are simple-minded

> There is more than enough way to solve these problems, but for some f'n reason there is no will... It's pretty straightforward. Most people are simple-minded or dishonest enough that they can't understand or admit that policies they like can be inefficient or flawed. In the case of pseudoephedrine, the public conversation doesn't have too many advocates for meth dealers or trivially inconvenienced shoppers. By contrast, any inkling that a government program could be run more efficiently is immediately met with howls of outrage that reform proposals are just cover for the real goal of forcing poor people to starve. Once you know what to look for, you'll see this for _almost literally every topic_ of this type, from infrastructure to public schools.