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We need a constitutional amendment codifying the existence independent agencies like the Federal Reserve, CFPB, social security administration, and USGS. I wis
by cosmicgadget 1mo ago
We need a constitutional amendment codifying the existence independent agencies like the Federal Reserve, CFPB, social security administration, and USGS.
I wish Google and others weren't telling the emperor how regal his clothes look but it seems reasonable to remain synced with the USGS.
- FireBeyond 1mo agoUSGS and the Department of the Interior (or their leaders) were falling over themselves to tell Dear Leader how quickly they'd made the change.
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- Georgelemental 1mo agoIndependent from who? The voters?
- johnnyanmac 1mo agoindependent from the government, yes. Because government has its own perverse incentives that need to be checked (like redistricting).
- Georgelemental 1mo agoSo, who pays their salaries?
- johnnyanmac 1mo agoSame ways that other non-elected government staff is paid. Such funding tends to be mandated into the a law or constitution alongside the establishment itsrlf. That's the case for California's IDC. If you're suggesting a rogue government with the ability to deprive such independent organizations of funding as a means of control, you're not wrong. If the government and people united have enough of a majority (or enough lack of accountability), laws are as valuable as the paper it's printed on. Leaving the latter aside, it's also just models from the federal constitution that (nearly?) all state constitutions tend to be living documents. Nothing is truly set in stone and most mechanisms tend to have overridde mechanics with a majority or supermajority.
- cosmicgadget 1mo agoIndependent from the other three branches of government.
- Dig1t 1mo agoDo we the people get to elect the people in this new branch of government? What recourse do we have if they stop serving our interests?
- cosmicgadget 1mo agoTo be entirely honest, I haven't drafted the full text of the amendment. The key is having such an entity, the specifics of appointment and recall could follow any number of templates. If it were me, agency commissioners elected by popular vote to a six year term, subject to recall by vote and impeachment by Congress. But that's orthogonal to the purpose of the branch.
- yndoendo 1mo agoThe current legislative branch has proven one thing. We the people must have the ability to remove elected officials. This would allow for us to come together when we realized we fucked up and our leadership needs change now. The people must become the 4th branch of the government to balance the three when they unify in corruption.
- DiogenesKynikos 1mo agoIndependent from the clown sitting in the Oval Office, renaming large bodies of water with a sharpie pen.
- tesnorindian 1mo agoBtb. Nepal and Tibet are facing the worst climate crisis and still several people are missing and unaccounted. But Google was so quick to update their maps in a jiff.