How much control should the Administration have over the bureaucracy?

[Evil_Captor]

@John Mace

They do. Congress has oversight authority, if and when they choose to use it. And the president, all presidents, will fight against that. It’s set up that way on purpose.

I just don’t see what you’re trying to debate here. Sounds like you’re asking why the president doesn’t do what you would like him to do. The answer is simple: he disagrees with you on how things should be run.

Yeah, the current president thinks the US should be a malevolent dictatorship, and we don’t.

[John_Mace]

@BrainGlutton

What? This is straight from Wikipedia:

But that’s different from what you claimed, as already noted. Hence the charge of exaggeration stands.

[gonzomax]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/28/white-house-undermines-ep_n_99081.htm Some of us think this is too much control.