Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   You already know the answer Date:   3/22/2022 1:50:17 PM

I'll bet you are.  IMO the problem is that the elected class, in their never ending quest to avoid doing anything to negatively impact their next election or be held accountable, has punted far too much to the administrative state.  In the past the legislators legislated and the bureaucracy generated rules to implement the laws that were passed.  Today the bureaucracy legislates with their own rulemaking and Congress lets them get away with it. And this is a bipartisan problem....not just one party...although Democrats have perfected it.

Once you invest that much power and influence it is going to attract ideologues who see this as a consequence free way to push forward their own beliefs.....and they don't answer to anyone.  Not voters and not elected officials that are supposed to do the will of the people.  There is a reason the civil service branch of the federal govt is overwhelmingly comprised of Democrats.  They know where the real power is and they are unafraid of wielding it.  Until Congress or the Executive Branch gets them under control it will only get worse....and we saw what they did to Trump when he ham handedly tried to do so. He had to be destroyed and that was also a bipartisan effort and it succeeded.