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That's assuming the Biden team had it on their radar as something to undo. They kept a lot of Trump-era policies unchanged. Changes done in one administration d
by vlovich123 2y ago
That's assuming the Biden team had it on their radar as something to undo. They kept a lot of Trump-era policies unchanged. Changes done in one administration don't end just because the other party is in power. It's a cumulative effect.
- bee_rider 2y agoIs the decision to close one factory (or impose penalties until they clean up) on any elected official’s radar? I’d expect that to be handled at a lower level, but I don’t know how that stuff really works.
- vlovich123 2y agoIt's not about the one factory and it not being on elected official's radars is exactly the problem of why it didn't get fixed (+ it's easier to cause damage than repair things). As another person highlighted, Trump gutted the USDA [1] > During the Trump administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers published and funded objective analyses of issues such as climate change, the efficiency of food assistance programs, and tax cuts that mostly benefit the richest farmers. It wasn't received well. > Trump officials proposed deep cuts to USDA research agencies. When Congress wouldn't go along, the administration came up with plan B: Move two agencies — the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the Economic Research Service — far away from Washington. Doing this gutted the ability for the USDA to execute and stay on mission and this was intentional. This kind of outbreak would be the natural result. [1] https://www.npr.org/2021/02/02/963207129/usda-research-agencies-decimated-by-forced-move-undoing-the-damage-wont-be-easy https://www.npr.org/2021/02/02/963207129/usda-research-agenc...