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15 sats \ 5 replies \ @kepford 6 Nov \ on: How to Actually Drain the Swamp Politics_And_Law
- Step 1: Watch Yes Minister
- Now that you understand the swamp prepare to fail
Even a partial draining helps get some of society back above water. I'm not naive enough to think the NSA, CIA, or FBI can be dealt with this way, but it can be a huge dent in agencies like USDA, FDA, Commerce, Transportation, Energy, etc.
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Those less spookie agencies will not be easy to dismantle. If that is even on the table. I don't think it is. Hope I am wrong. I would not start with the three letter agencies though. I would start with the Dept of Ed. Cut off the head of the serpent. Could easily make a case for that. Then the others you list.
More importantly I don't think people that voted for Trump even want what you and I are describing. Trump said a lot of crap and that's what I think this is. Crap. I'm prepared for it to be some small reduction in growth that will be portrayed as a decapitation.
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If there's a prospect for actually ending an agency, I think Ed is the top of the list.
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It is VERY clear to me that the federal department of education as well as most state level agencies are not only not needed, but are the source of most of our issues in education.
You wanna talk about raising hell. Even talk of this would be like nuking the planet for many people. Even those that voted for Orange Man. There are so many in the system or that benefit indirectly.
Not only are people not ready for it. They don't even want it. They don't even know why they should want it. People aren't ready for the type of slashing that's being talked about. Its a fools dream really. I'd love to see it. But it isn't happening
@remindme in 4 years
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I did say if.
People will act like the sky is falling over any of these departments being eliminated, but I think there are more people who understand how bad Education is than most of the others.
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