[miketery]

The conclusion shouldn’t be about choosing a wise or moral leader, that’s an unknown and not a guarantee whether someone will remain wise.

The conclusion ought to be that the executive shouldn’t have such powers.

DOGE is also an example of this. No clue whether for the better or worse. But the mechanism being used was put in place by Obama during affordable care act overhauls, as part of USDS (US digital services).

[acdha]

What DOGE is doing is far beyond what Obama’s USDS was empowered to do, and in many cases appears to violate statute.