I’m sure it’s not uniquely American. It’s just a standard strategy for the GOP. Defund, then complain regulation doesn’t work and deregulate or allow regulatory capture.
Maybe, but the other side of the coin is "it's not working, so let's just blame lack of funding", irrespective of if there is actually enough funding to do something worthwhile or not. The goals are always nebulous and allows both sides to complain.
Can’t argue with that. Unfortunately there is no agile/“fail fast” in government.
This isn't government we're talking about here, this is a company that has every incentive to do their best to make money from the games they release.