Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180904:17:47:00
Technicals, complicated matters, it's true that the congress would find a hard time sorting out every final dot about every detail. but the real reason at the end of the day that this institution punts most of its power to executive branch agencies is because it's a convenient way for legislatures to have to be able to avoid taking responsibility for controversial and often unpopular decisions. if people want to get re-elected over and over again, that's your highest goal. if your biggest long-term thought around here is your own incumbe incumbent, then it's a pretty good strategy for incumben...