Legislation is not unlike programming. Programs and legislation both have bugs. Many government assistance programs currently have bugs. But bugs can be fixe

Legislation is not unlike programming. Programs and legislation both have bugs. Many government assistance programs currently have bugs. But bugs can be fixed. And sub-systems can be refactored. Sure, at some point, a program can become so complex that the desire to do a greenfield rewrite is very strong. But Second System Syndrome is a real thing. And people taking advantage of a rewrite to move goal-posts and shift focus for personal political/pet-goal reasons, to the detriment of the new system to achieve the existing goals, is a real thing. I would very much like to refactor the every living hell out of government assistance programs. But I'm extremely wary of people who want to do a fundamental rewrite. Particularly when those people have no historical interest in the program's success. Doubly so, when those people demonstrate they have put no priority on representing, understanding or achieving the original system's goals.