A "National Design Policy"?

Oh Hell Yes! I mean, what could go wrong?

Dynamist Blog: A "National Design Policy"?:

"Ever hungry for status (and business, but mostly status), designers are hoping for a national design policy. A 'design czar' would do the trick, but they'd settle for legislation that declares, 'Professional design standards shall be used in executing any reform efforts between government and citizens.' What are 'professional design standards'? Who gets to exclude the upstarts? And--to ask a question designers never consider--what are the limits of design? A process that works wonderfully in a competitive, decentralized marketplace, where new ideas have a chance to enter, would look very different as a single federal policy."