You can’t beat an entrenched bureaucracy.
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I once had a professor who had a lot of experience and knowledge of the federal bureaucracy. He used to say: “Presidents come and go but the bureaucracy is there permanently. They were here when he came and they will be here after he’s gone.” Such is life in DC.
Yup. That’s what I’ve been saying the whole time. No matter how much the guy at the top wants things different eventually he needs to work through careerists who are just working towards retirement.