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> What could possibly go wrong? They might accidentally get something done that helps people?

• tivert 3y ago
  >> What could possibly go wrong? > They might accidentally get something done that helps people? Since you're missing the point: make me dictator, so I can finally get stuff done that helps people. Too much independence is a recipe for serious problems, even if (theoretically) it could be used accomplish major things.
  • kadoban 3y ago
    If there's serious problems, then Congress can act. The structure just makes it harder for Republicans to kill it quietly for an unsupportable reason.
    • butlerm 3y ago
      It is quite difficult for Republicans to reverse any act of Congress without another act of Congress. The assent of the House, the Senate, and (usually) the President is required.
      • kadoban 3y ago
        Anything that specifically needs a law passed to undo it is safer than one that can just have its budget ~zeroed out in the yearly budget, or any of the more-than-yearly CRs and debt-ceilings and whatever other nonsense negotiations. This is for both reasons of public scrutiny (there's so much in the budget that it's easy for things to get relatively lost), but also because the budget, in practice, just needs 50+1 votes. Usual laws need 60 due to Senate procedures. Ignoring the House since there's not much difference there.