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0 sats \ 11 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 20 Nov 2024 \ parent \ on: Which department should we cut? Politics_And_Law
If kids are being taught stupid things the parents need to know. Lack of transparency is a big problem.
Education used to be combined with health and welfare or HEW until 1979
Department of energy was also established in 1979
The US Department of Energy? It was formed in ‘77 prior to that it was the Federal Energy Administration. They added the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) which was just the R&D side of Energy
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Apologies for the wrong year
It was created under Carter to address the energy crisis in the 1970s
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It was there under the name of Federal Energy Administration lol they renamed when they gave it the nuclear stuff from the Atomic Commission that the NRC didn’t take
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Federal energy administration was not a cabinet position
Department of Energy is part of the cabinet
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Dude it was literally part of the renaming process and giving Congress more sway 😂 that’s the reason for Cabinet level it gives the Senate a check on the President
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The FEA was tasked with managing fuel allocation, pricing regulation, and energy data collection and analysis
This is not research