The people have little control over the way they are governed because of the confusion caused by overlapping. Such fragmentation of action makes it impossible for any one level of government to influence the course of things and, to make things even worse, they pass the puck to each other.
La fragmentation des interventions fait en sorte qu'aucun des gouvernements n'a, à lui seul, la capacité d'influer sur le cours des choses et en plus ils se renvoient la balle.