Slightly political but not meant to be...
I'm sure our wonderful President and the powers to be don't mow their own lawns or blow their own snow or trim their own trees. That is all below them. They hire it out I'm pretty sure so they really don't care. Just change the rules of engagement because it don't directly impact them anyway.
That's a way-oversimplified view of government.
Start:
1) Pressure put on Congress, not the president, from the public or industry lobbyists - "Do Something!!! We can't sell all this corn!!"
2) Budget some agency, maybe EPA, to look into it.
3) Examine the topic. EPA trained professionals or if none, hire consultants. Hopefully, neutral but don't count on it.
4) EPA or somebody proposes relevant legislation. This is where the 'Stakeholders' (corn, fertilizer, transportation, farm equipment interests in this case), maybe sometimes the public, lobby Congress to make the result come out to their benefit. Sometimes the original goal is abandoned and redirected to the benefit of only the Stakeholders. Aircraft carriers for the shipbuilders, not because the military requested another?
5) Legislation worked out in Congress, resulting from all the lobbying, finally gets sent to the President for signature or veto. He/she didn't initiate the process, just wraps it up. And takes the heat for it, from some media. And some people pile on.
Yeah, PolSci undergrad degree here. I wanted to know how things work.
It was discouraging.
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