{"id":17763,"date":"2023-04-28T20:10:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T20:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-federal-government-was-designed-to-be-slow-moving-how-might-citizens-circumvent-this-and-get-more-done-what-options-do-citizens-have-to-have-their-political-interests-turned-into-policy\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T20:10:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T20:10:18","slug":"the-federal-government-was-designed-to-be-slow-moving-how-might-citizens-circumvent-this-and-get-more-done-what-options-do-citizens-have-to-have-their-political-interests-turned-into-policy","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-federal-government-was-designed-to-be-slow-moving-how-might-citizens-circumvent-this-and-get-more-done-what-options-do-citizens-have-to-have-their-political-interests-turned-into-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"the Federal government was designed to be slow moving. How might citizens circumvent this and get more done? What options do citizens have to have their political interests turned into policy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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