Friday, September 02, 2022

Runaway Administrative Agencies

 The title is a phrase from a libertarian team's take on how to improve our politics and government. It's mentioned in passing as self-evident truth, without any suggestions that I see to make Congress more effective. 

I take exception, of course.  I am, after all, a bureaucrat.

The problem is not runaway agencies, not usually, but the failure of Congress to act so they either:

  1. pass laws which don't resolve issues but insteand  kick them over to the agencies.
  2. fail to act, leaving a vacuum which the courts and agencies are forced to fill. 

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