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662 points JacobHenner | 3 comments | 30 Apr 24 17:32 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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starspangled ◴[01 May 24 05:37 UTC] No.40219850[source]▶
The greatest thing about tight, upcoming elections is that governments actually start to do a tiny bit of what people want. Great result.
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romeros ◴[01 May 24 05:51 UTC] No.40219956[source]▶
It leaves a bad taste in the mouth, doesn't it? Why haven't they taken action until now? People aren't children to be appeased by such gestures.
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metamet ◴[01 May 24 06:08 UTC] No.40220067[source]▶
We all prioritize things differently and I believe this process was started on October 6th, 2022 [1]. This is just one of many things the current administration has done over the last 3 years, though.

[1] https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/07/biden-weed-executiv...

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1. somenameforme ◴[01 May 24 06:28 UTC] No.40220180[source]▶
So one month before midterm elections.
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2. Garrrrrr ◴[01 May 24 06:43 UTC] No.40220258[source]▶
exactly
3. atoav ◴[01 May 24 07:35 UTC] No.40220528[source]▶
Statistically I'd expect more things to be done towards the end of any administrative period. First there is no way to finish thing in the beginning of their period, because that is where you get started, sharpen the tools, get your people in order etc. Then you start all kind of projects which may or may not take their time due to the complexity of the topics at hand. Then you finish some of them but the long running ones go on. Then the end nears and everybody realizes: "shit we need to wrap things up for real" and then whatever concerns may have been left are either fixed or ignored.

But the point is: if there are open concerns you would be stupid to finalize a project earlier than you would have to. On top of that comes political calculus, but I work in an european University where elections don't matter that much and our senate would also have a tendency to finish most things towards the end of an administrative period.