Congress, after years of stalling, finally got around to clearing the way for informal discussions that might lead to possible formal talks that could potentially produce some kind of tentative agreements...
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Barry critiques legislative inefficiency by describing how long it takes to even start talks that might lead to agreements.
- In plain terms
- Congress takes forever to do anything, even just talk about it.
- What can you take from it?
- Bureaucracy often delays action until it is nearly pointless.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does government delay affect citizens?
- When is discussion more important than action?
Another view
It may overlook the complexity of actual legislative negotiations.
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