Steve Randy Waldman
@interfluidity.com
terrible circumstances, but this is a wonderful observation by Martha Derthick, via @adamgurri@mastodon.social www.liberalcurrents.com/a-practical-...
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As political scientist Martha Derthick put it:
> Congress loves action—it thrives on policy proclamations and goal setting—but it hates bureaucracy and taxes, which are the instruments of action. Overwhelmingly, it has resolved this dilemma by turning over the bulk of administration to the state governments or any organizational instrumentality it can lay its hands on whose employees are not counted on the federal payroll. [1]](image/bafkreihsapkyfghzfvtlksfunxsgebccj45lbnmgobqzhag7bps7deoygu.jpeg)
Text: As political scientist Martha Derthick put it: > Congress loves action—it thrives on policy proclamations and goal setting—but it hates bureaucracy and taxes, which are the instruments of action. Overwhelmingly, it has resolved this dilemma by turning over the bulk of administration to the state governments or any organizational instrumentality it can lay its hands on whose employees are not counted on the federal payroll. [1]