A *serious* proposal, even if it’s a rough draft, is written to and for the people you’re trying to recruit to do the thing. It says “here’s something you might want to do.” It’s constructive in that sense.
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I mean of course shit us going to fail if you cut it to the bone over a decade or more. Even actual incompetence can be blamed on funding cuts, you get the talent you lay for. I assume you’ve seen this classic riposte to this general line of argument? https://www.davidbrin.com/nonfiction/idiotplot.html …
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this argument makes sense for things like not having an adequate strategic national reserve, but it's difficult to see how the FDA making it illegal for local entities to create tests is a problem of inadequate funding or power
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Agreed, it’s not a complete explanation. These comparisons are messy. For things like weird rules, the answer is nearly always regulatory capture of a weakened state agency by a private interest. I’d bet $10 that FDA policy was written by lobbyists for a big commercial lab chain
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