The process of government has become finding a problem, or creating a problem where none existed, then applying a much ballyhooed fix which cannot work. Next, finding the problem still exists, public support is called for to fix the problem (aka elections), which when the new fixes are duly applied, they somehow fail to deliver, triggering a new round of problem ‘solving’. And so on ... A fixed problem is an political opportunity lost.
McCarthy is simply doing the job all good bureaucrats attempt in their illustrious and collective careers. That she is attempting to require that the Earth’s atmosphere be rid of all trace gasses is a minor quibble - once achieved, a lightening flash or any spark will solve the entire problem of human pollution ...
A fixed problem is an political opportunity lost.
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A profound statement if there ever was one! The object is to proliferate problems, not fix them. This way the bureaucracy expands as do opportunities for more political power and rewarding your friends.
Very few people realize what the real purpose of government really is.