Political expedience over effectiveness is the driving factor in modern public policy, and it isn't just a problem with one party – no, it is an issue that is fully endemic to politics at large. It's probably symptomatic of the two-year election cycle, but the 24-hour news cycle doesn't help either. Recent examples of this problem were exhibited in both of President Biden's two main public policy “victories” over August: the Inflation Reduction Act and the student-loan giveaway.
