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Making this decision as a politician in this country is death to your career though; how could we incentivize our leaders to bite the hand that elects them?
by threecheese 9mo ago
Making this decision as a politician in this country is death to your career though; how could we incentivize our leaders to bite the hand that elects them?
- londons_explore 9mo agoIf your local mayor decides to allow a tower block to be built next to your house, you might be pissed. But if the president says 'we're gonna take away mayors powers to restrict housebuilding', you won't be pissed yet.... And when a builder comes along to build later it'll be too late.
- p_j_w 9mo agoThe president doesn’t have this power, or shouldn’t according to a sane reading of the Constitution. This needs to be a state level action.