107 sats \ 9 replies \ @kepford 31 Jul \ on: Draining the Swamp might be easier than people think alter_native
I have a better idea. It's one I've heard rumors of from the people terrified of Trump getting back in.
Shut down the whole departments. Department of ed is the one I've heard about. I will be shocked if this happens. I used to say that if Ron Paul was ever elected they would kill him. He promised to eliminate at least half a dozen federal agencies.
I used to work in IT in gov education and the redundancy between federal, state, and local is insane. I'm convinced eliminating the dept of Ed would be a massive win.
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I’ve thought about that too. I figured that it would be better to at least give people the option.
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That is a better idea. It reminds of the time Rick Perry couldn't think of the third federal agency he wanted to shut down and Ron Paul listed off like half a dozen options for him.
One of the problems, though, is that these departments are creations of Congress and I'm not sure a president can unilaterally shut them down.
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He has a good sense of humor. The next day on Letterman, he did top 10 reasons he had a poor debate. One reason was I took a 5 hour energy drink 6 hours before the debate.
I like it when politicians can laugh at themselves.