5 ms·
> Congress is so deadlocked that new proposed legislation is unlikely to ever come and if it does, lobbyists and special interests will have plenty of time to r
by akira2501 2y ago
> Congress is so deadlocked that new proposed legislation is unlikely to ever come and if it does, lobbyists and special interests will have plenty of time to render it toothless.
So.. let's actually fix that rather than using an undemocratic "hack" to work around it. Otherwise anyone who wants to take advantage of this merely needs to use their influence to foster this deadlock, which is probably less expensive and more repudiable, so is much more likely to be the mode.
The question you really have to ask is why would judges be less deferential to businesses and large entities than congress? Aside from lacking the skill they have no power to investigate the issue, which congress does, and can only operate on the arguments put forth in front of them.
This is _explicitly_ a game which is won by money or size, and we seem to know this in any other sphere, but suddenly it's acceptable because occasionally the government _is_ the 800lb gorilla, and occasionally it _is_ incidentally doing what the people would want, when the entity it's challenging is significantly smaller than it. Otherwise the best it seems to be able to do is fine super large entities for an amount equal to less than a day of revenue or month of profits.
- forgetfreeman 2y agoIf you have a solution to comprehensive legislative capture at both state and federal levels in your back pocket by all means whip it out. Until one materializes that "hack" as you call it was the most effective method for government agencies to actually do their jobs.
- akira2501 2y ago> If you have a solution to comprehensive legislative capture at both state and federal levels in your back pocket by all means whip it out. The capture is obviously not comprehensive, it's de jure, and fatalist attitudes like yours I suspect as being part of the problem here. It seems to me you're not actually interested in a solution, one which you could easily imagine for yourself just as I can, but you're interested in doing precisely what I worried about above. There are people who apparently _prefer_ the gridlock instead of being involved with their own government on any level. It truly is amazing to me. > Until one materializes that "hack" as you call it Since you speak the language of the bully, then please explain to me the utterly exigent issues that will befall us if we fail to obey basic constitutional law? > most effective method for government agencies to actually do their jobs. Government agencies are not entitled to determine what their job is. That is the role of Congress. This is why the "Due Care" clause exists. This is a democracy not a state of administrative convenience.
- Yizahi 2y agoDismantle first past the post system everywhere. There, super simple and effective.
- forgetfreeman 2y agoNow you just have to get thoroughly captured legislative bodies to sign on to your reforms...