Megan McArdle: The fight over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is pointless

More and more often, I wonder if anyone has any actual goals they consider more important than demonstrating their contempt for the other half of the country.

Mick Mulvaney returns to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, Monday afternoon, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mick Mulvaney returns to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, Monday afternoon, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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