Re:EPA Takes Action to Protect Scientific Integrity
by dec0dedab0de on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @11:05AM
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Edit: not to mention that, unlike government agencies, Congress is extremely corrupt. What is to prevent polluters from simply buying off Congress?
Why would they be any less corrupt? What is the DEA's stance on cannabis again? No person or group is above being paid off, or acting in their own interests over those of the country. Which is why power should be spread out as much as possible, to mitigate the risk.
Re:EPA Takes Action to Protect Scientific Integrity
by mschuster91 on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @11:13AM
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> Why would they be any less corrupt?
Government agencies have historically proven themselves to be largely immune to the wild flip-flop at the political top. This is the kernel of truth behind the Trumpists' claim of the "deep state" conspiracy.
> What is the DEA's stance on cannabis again?
The same unfounded-in-science crap it was many decades ago, which further proves my point: it is incredibly hard to change the course of a government agency away from its mandate.
However, your idea of agencies not writing policies... is not gonna last long. Congress is already ineffective and broken and there is not much on the horizon to change the reasons behind its dysfunctionality. There's a sad reason for the steady expansion of executive rights, and as long as this isn't fixed it is foolish IMO to force the executive to rein these in.
Edit: not to mention that, unlike government agencies, Congress is extremely corrupt. What is to prevent polluters from simply buying off Congress?