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Unfortunately, I can't see how that would work. There are a lot of independent, apolitical think tanks. But Congress isn't compelled to listen to them. Nor ca
by jfengel 2y ago
Unfortunately, I can't see how that would work.
There are a lot of independent, apolitical think tanks. But Congress isn't compelled to listen to them.
Nor can I imagine what would happen if we did compel them. Do you see a Congressman going to their voters and saying "Hey, I know you send me to support tariffs, but it turns out that the non-partisan Tax Foundation figures that's going to cost over 230,000 jobs."
(https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/trump-tariffs-trade-war/ https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/trump-tariffs...)
There is a fundamental conflict between democracy and "adults who know stuff". We have a strong belief in the former, and therefore we don't get the latter.