Subj : Re: Bureaucrats and power
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Dec 07 2024 10:10:00

>  MP>  > I thought Ron was referring to congress voting to waste money
happens
>  MP>  > lot) and that (hopefully) DOGE will do something about that.

>  MP> Congresspersons are not bureaucrats.  Ron was complaining about
>  MP> bureaucrats who are usually appointed or hired, not elected, and that
>  MP> work for the "bureaus" like the FDA or FTC.  I was pointing out, to you,
>  MP> that his complaint/information is mostly moot as these bureaus no longer
>  MP> have the authority that he is claiming they do.  As of earlier this
>  MP> year, the SCOTUS stripped them of these powers.

> Government organizations like those, they were actually making laws? I was
> never aware of that (but I wasn't paying close attention to that issue.)

They were really not making laws, per se, but they had a freer reign on how
they interpreted laws.  I think they could also make "rules" and "statutes"
based on their interpretations of existing laws, and were often able to
enforce these "rules" and "statutes."

> I'm glad that it's been corrected, but there's always going to exist the
> problem of "experts" calling the shots. Like Dr Fauci for example. He didn't
> make any laws, but leaders (like then Gov Cuomo) made executive order based
n
> Fauci's "expert advice." (Like NY's vaccine mandate.)

> The USSC is great but they can't help us with "trust the experts syndrome."

Neither can the DOGE.  The DOGE won't have the authority to tell states not
to do such things, so long as what the state is doing is their right under
the US Constitution.


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