Do you think the FDA has too much power?

[sc94597]

fatslob-:O said:

sc94597 said:

You stated manpower is what the FDA can use. I askwed in which areas? The FDA is a massive organization that employs many different types of people. Which jobspace is creating this supposed bottleneck in manpower? (Implied by your response to my original question.) When I phrased the original question I was thinking of abilities, what special powers can congress give to the FDA that they don't already have, and which people think will benefit the world. However, I conceded to your response that having a greater budget/capable of hiring more people would benefit the FDA. I responded with another question which summed up to, "in which areas does the FDA need to employ more people?" 

Legal power was never really much of an issue with the FDA since they could pretty much do what they wanted to for the purpose they were assigned for ... 

If people don't feel like the FDA are doing enough then maybe the FDA does need to hire more workers in ALL areas. I certainly don't have info for the specifics to make a more precise judgement ...

The first was exactly my point. I think the FDA aren't efficient at their goals for a multitude of reasons. They are a monopoly. They are partly inefficient because command control regulations are inefficient. They have conflicting goals. They are corruptible, as are all authorities. So on, so on. I don't think feeding them more money will fix their problems. It will likely be wasted to hire the wrong people. Meanwhile, for as much "good" the FDA does there is plenty of harm to science and the advancement of medicine in general.