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harrisiyesterday at 8:51 PM1 replyview on HN

It can be quite politically valuable to kick the can to the next administration.


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jiggawattsyesterday at 10:03 PM

The day-to-day operation of large government bureaucracies is surprisingly immune to elections. The same people stay in the same job for decades, the "churn" only happens at the highest levels, and even those positions tend to outlast changes in the current political party in charge.

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