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No, my "solution" if you asked me is to realize that such imperfections are inherent in large governmental entities.  Inherent.  We can at best correct a bit, maybe, I don't see it happening though.

Much/most of our legislation is high technical, by its very nature, and I don't expect Congress to be able to provide coherent comprehensive legislation on those topics.

I do expect them to posture and make claims about how the other side is getting away with murder.  The job of a Congressman is to get reelected.

So what's your solution? Bringing the regulatory agencies directly under control of Congress as a Westminster-style Government?

For one, you greatly reduce the size of all of the agencies, and eliminate many. Then, you contract the work to people who can actually do said work.

Government is too big, period.

I don't believe I defended lobbyists.  I opined they were not the root cause of the main issues with government.  They are a means for the People to converse with our Representatives, and not all of them support Exxon et al.

It's facile to attach blame for a complex problem to one or two things.

It’s Time to Rethink America’s Corn System - Scientific American

40% of our corn goes to ethanol for fuel.

imagine the price of corn without Ethanol

I had no idea the majority of corn goes to ethanol

we should quit that and start exporting it

Manchin shoots down Biden's new billionaire tax plan  | TheHill
Manchin shoots down Biden's new billionaire tax plan  | TheHill

“Here’s what they do. They go to their accountant. They tell their accountant, ‘Make sure I don’t make any income, any salary.’ And then they say, ‘Make sure I can buy, borrow and die.’ And nobody knew anything about that years ago, and now people are pretty up on it,” said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), who has announced his own proposal to tax the unrealized gains of billionaires.


Holy cow, this guy is an idiot.

Ron Wyden is one of the few good guys on many things- and he's not that far off here. 

For one, you greatly reduce the size of all of the agencies, and eliminate many. Then, you contract the work to people who can actually do said work.

Government is too big, period.

100%. And they ALWAYS make it bigger and more bloated. Constantly adding new agencies and departments (DHS, TSA, ICE) or bloating, expanding, and bastardizing existing ones (Capitol Police). 

W was one of the worst Presidents ever- as he expanded the federal government to unprecedented levels. Not to mention got us into two illegal wars & occupations. F***k that guy for real.