The underrated power of not doing things

The underrated power of not doing things

Something that I think is a little underrated in political circles is the fact that you always have the option of not taking action on an issue, of deciding not to tackle a problem. The American system, after all, has a lot of veto points, so tackling problems is hard. And if you insist on tackling a hard problem in a system with lots of veto points, you’ll often find that the only way to get a solution through is an ugly kludge. If the problem …