> Every four years election promises go into the black hole of the administrative state, where they make at most minor changes in how the country is run. And t

> Every four years election promises go into the black hole of the administrative state, where they make at most minor changes in how the country is run. And that's a bad thing? The administrative state is like code that's been tweaked to try to accommodate a shipload of edge- and corner cases, i.e., what's wanted by different people and interest groups who make their voices heard when things aren't being run to their liking.