Posted on 01/03/2022 7:52:17 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
From personal experience, you must know that the administration can NOT back down on vaccine mandates and it is driven by the mindset of Federal Agency bureaucracies and here's why:
First, I have worked for SEVERAL Federal agencies. ALL of them have the same mindset. Once they give a directive, they almost never back down even if it is a disaster or totally wrong. To retreat in the face of criticism erodes the authority of that agency and there is no way they are going to tolerate that, some more than others. To give up ground on an order means giving up ground on OTHER directives given and they have tremendous FEAR of losing power. Once an administration gives a directive, a Federal agency is tasked with enforcing that. Once given that authority, the power trap is set. Retreat makes the AGENCY look weak, not the administration per se. Also, they want to establish a precedent to force people to comply with the next demand they implement. Can't be having people rebel against the vaccine/mask mandates no matter how stupid it has become because if the people succeed in getting this revoked, they will look for something else they abhor and rebel against that (i.e. many, many stupid regulations).
Second, a LOT of people are going make money when a directive is given. They WANT that money no matter what happens. That includes private industry and government officials getting either salaries, payoffs or both. Both of those reasons are freight trains that can only be stopped by war. They KNOW almost no one wants to really fight them, so, they keep doing what they're doing.
It was stated back in the Spring of 2020 that this would happen. But no, we were told people would get impatient and rise up if it went on for too long. Idiots.
I am grateful the agencies are being this stupid and intractable. It will give newly elected politicians something to show the voters that they are listening. I think there will be a great many positive changes in ‘24 and ‘26. If not, well, we probably will end up in a revolt.
I agree with your take on the agencies’ reasoning. It bothers me no end that every agency gains more and more power and no one reigns them in.
Yeah, it's time. WAY past time.
There is another principle that aligns with your conclusion - the bigger the mistake, malfeasonce, or crime by government, the LESS likely it will be exposed or admitted.
Small “bad guys” and “bad choices” are exposed in order to creat an illusion that government and its actors are accountable under the law. Big ones? Never, EVER, under any cicrumstance. They take those to the grave.
All this testing all of a sudden....A setup for the Vaccine Mandate case at the USSC on Jan 7th.
Waiting.
It’s all political, i.e. mail out ballots.
Fortunately I worked for a federal agency that regularly changed guidance—National Marine Fisheries Service. Fishing quotas were based on population recruitment each year.
But...the NMFS just gets the crumbs left after federal monies have been spent. We had to keep the fishermen fishing or the government would have closed our laboratory. That was a constant threat hanging over our heads.
But for large agencies what you say is true because their existence is guaranteed.
They need Vax mandates to eliminate the fontroll group. Otherwise the actuarials will expose these lies. The insurance companies will identify the real impact of Vax vs. Non-vax. It’s what they do.
People are freaking out because the CDC has loosened some guidelines which threatens their virtue signaling security masks.
A là TWA Flight 800...
This is exactly what Biden and the left wanted when he started pushing the mandate -- for crazy people to start suggesting a civil war so the Democrats and the media could have an issue to distract from their failed, Marxist policies.
There are plenty of options:
1)Mandates have been struck down several times in the courts.
2) Either work for a business that doesn't requite the vaccine or move to a red state that isn't forcing the vaccine on employees and doesn't have vaccine mandates for other activities.
All the idiotic, doom-and-gloom nonsense about the vaccines is paranoid and exploiting it is the ONLY hope the Democrats have in the next election. And, they will exploit if it isn't reigned in.
So modify the mandate effective date to councide with the FDA vaccine approval records request document dump in 75 years. That’s their number, not we the people.
There is another principle that aligns with your conclusion - the bigger the mistake, malfeasonce, or crime by government, the LESS likely it will be exposed or admitted.
Small “bad guys” and “bad choices” are exposed in order to creat an illusion that government and its actors are accountable under the law. Big ones? Never, EVER, under any cicrumstance. They take those to the grave.
Yep, they always go after some small things to give the appearance that they live by the law. When the US Federal govt has been lawless or without law for many years. Them being able to tax the people without restraints is a terrible situation for the people.
That’s an excellent analysis.
Companies have the P&L statement and fiduciary responsibility to shareholders to fix problems, abandon disasters, and right the ship. Government has no such correction mechanisms for the reasons you state.
I’ve observed that the only thing government will do in the face of absolute disaster is double down on the things that caused the disaster in the first place.
Most of the nation’s problems are caused by government. I’m always astonished that government claims that only it can fix the problems it caused. At age 70, you’d think I’d stop being surprised by that.
It’s simple. Just declare victory.
Like we did in Vietnam and Afghanistan.
Small “bad guys” and “bad choices” are exposed in order to creat an illusion that government and its actors are accountable under the law. Big ones? Never, EVER, under any cicrumstance. They take those to the grave.
Absolutely spot on. Thank you for that very eloquent response. MUCH better than what I wrote.
There is another. Implement the IBM business practice of routinely force ranking all employees and firing the bottom 5-10% every year. No excuses. Either fire or be fired. Re-hire new ones.
At the very least, the bottom ones will turn whistle-blower.
Frederick the Wise : "Spalatin, there are two ways of saying 'no' to someone you believe to be stronger than yourself. The first is to say nothing, and go on merely doing what you were doing before, and pretend that you never heard, allow time and inertia to be your allies. And the second is to say 'no' in such a kind and thoughtful way it befuddles them. Naturally, if both these strategies fail, there is nothing but to relent. Or... to fight! And of course, if you decide to fight, you also have to decide to win. No, I am not going to send my monk to Rome. They'll only kill him. It's so irritating. Who are they to deprive my university of such a fine mind?"
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