“The autonomy was magnified when the Supreme Court ruled in 1984 that agencies are entitled to heavy deference in their interpretations of laws. The court went even further this past week, ruling that agencies should get the same heavy deference in determining their own jurisdictions — a power that was previously believed to rest with Congress. In his dissent in Arlington v. FCC, Chief Justice John Roberts warned: “It would be a bit much to describe the result as ‘the very definition of tyranny,’ but the danger posed by the growing power of the administrative state cannot be dismissed.””
I have run into the tiny tin-pot bureaucrat who has no power in their personal life, but the power of saying “no” in their professional life. When a child turns two and discovers the power of “no” you hear it thousands of times a day. That’s the only power they have so the exercise it extensively.
People who can make illogical and stupid rules do so because they have the power to do it. (Clinton’s excuse for the blow jobs was, “because I could.”) Congress needs to either defund these out of control agencies (IRS, EPA, et. al.) or re-write the laws so the agencies are specifically told what they can do, and more importantly, what they can’t do.
Every agency you can think of has been infiltrated and is now controlled by the agenda-laden left.
Something akin to the enumerated powers the Constitution spells out for the Federal government and which they abide by with 100% exactitude, right?...........right?..........right?
I think that what spawned these bureaucracies in the first place was the expansion of the areas in which the Federal government was directly involved. Those were pretty limited in the 18th and for much of the 19th century. The 20th century, especially from FDR onwards, saw a huge expansion of government intervention and thus the creation of agencies to carry it out.
Worse yet... absolutely the worst is the fact that thes bastar*ds work for us, the people, yet they’re unionized!!!!!
They collect dues... that in turn go to the democrats...
The only way it changes if conservatives across the board are elected to office.
Every agency you can think of has been infiltrated and is now controlled by the agenda-laden left.
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Absolutely true. Government work has a unique appeal to liberals.
You say “infiltrated”; I say a more accureate word would be infested.