So my advice to President Trump is this: don’t play the game by the current rules. Change the rules by which the game is played. It’s time to cut the leviathan of government down to size. Trump’s hiring freeze is a good step in the right direction. It stops one of the reinforcing loops. But he needs to reverse the loop and cut the federal workforce by no less than 25 percent in four years. Trump should then consolidate and shut down departments.
Ronald Reagan promised to shut down departments, including Education and Energy, but never did. If Trump wants to devolve power out of DC, he has to shut departments down. Take the Department of Energy and put the nuclear weapons management under Department of Defense (or even Commerce, as Reagan wanted, to keep nuclear protection in civilian hands), split energy issues between Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Interior, then shut its doors. Roll any necessary parts of Department of Education into Labor and send other responsibilities back to the states, then shut its doors.
Once departments are shut down, bulldoze the buildings to the ground. Shatter them, plow them under, then build beautiful parks, Liberty Parks, over where the departments used to stand. Trump should also then consider “farming” some departments out to states, further breaking the leviathan apart.
As Breitbart said, it's war, and the only way to win is to play to win. Government has it's purposes, but the giant, heavy breathing beast it is now yearns to control every single decision you make, and to have you pay them to exert that control. It must be killed.
I heartily agree with this sage advice!
ReplyDeleteWhat's this? You don't love Big Brother CW? I need to send you to a re-education camp where a dozen freckle-faced women re-train you. Ok, maybe two-dozen, taking turns, wearing you out - down to a nub, and then re-build you. We can call it Ginger-Woman boot camp.
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DeleteLovely thoughts. The article made me swoon, I wish it would happen.
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WE need to address the ROOT of the problem......impose job term limits on ALL Gov’t employees as opposed to closing a Dept. here or there or reducing it’s size. ABSOLUTELY NO Federal employee should be permitted to work for the FED in any capacity for longer than 10 years (about a quarter of one’s productive working years), after which time they MUST exit Fed service and seek employment in the private sector. No connection with the FED IN ANY WAY allowed in the civilian sector job. Do this for all FED employees…NO EXCEPTION. It would then become unpopular to work for the FED and enact useless and harmful regulations/laws knowing that inevitably you’d have to return to the private sector for a real living. If caught working for any civilian job that in any way ties to Gov’t (i.e Gov’t contractor, lobbyist, etc.) whatsoever, suffer the penalty….complete loss of retirement benefits. That’s how you drain a swamp!!!! The size of Gov’t would become self limiting, massive reductions in retirements benefits, and a thriving private sector would grow out of this…..no swamp!
ReplyDeleteGood idea. Now, to get that through Congress...
DeleteGet rid of the IRS! Convert the country to a national sales tax or flat tax. Let the states collect the taxes. The states then pay the federal government based on population. Fire everyone at the IRS except the few people needed to process 50 state tax forms. Billion$ saved!
ReplyDeleteYup. Take away the power. In the spirit of moving this along, I suggest---
Delete1. Eliminate employer withholding. Make everyone write a
check every two weeks.
2. Move voting day to April 16.
All excellent ideas. From your lips to Trump's ears.
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