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   https://apnews.com/article/ramaswamy-2024-gop-slash-federal-workforce-   
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   Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy on Wednesday laid out his   
   ideas to shut down the FBI and fire more than 1 million federal workers,   
   lining up with increasingly sweeping conservative proposals targeting the   
   federal government and particularly law enforcement.   
      
   Candidates trying to beat former President Donald Trump have responded to   
   growing anger among GOP primary voters about the indictments against Trump   
   as well as federal investigations and policies seen as unfairly targeting   
   conservatives.   
      
   Ramaswamy’s proposals are among the broadest in the field. Speaking at the   
   America First Policy Institute in Washington, he said he would try to   
   reduce the federal employee headcount by half in his first year in office   
   and by 75% during his first term if he makes it to the White House.   
      
   He wants to shut down five federal agencies, including the FBI and the   
   Department of Education. He said he would also eliminate the Nuclear   
   Regulatory Commission, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and   
   Explosives, and the Food and Nutrition Service.   
      
   “The people who we elect to run the government ought to be the ones who   
   actually run the government,” Ramaswamy said.   
      
   Attempting a purge of that size would immediately lead to huge pushback   
   from federal employees who have civil service protections, interest   
   groups, and lawmakers of both parties who support the work of some or all   
   of those agencies. While in office, Trump often railed against what he saw   
   as a “deep state” of bureaucrats working against his administration’s   
   priorities, but he did not carry out firings of rank-and-file employees.   
      
   Ramaswamy, a 38-year-old businessman, has drawn the attention and   
   curiosity of primary voters, especially after his performance at the first   
   Republican presidential debate. Even as he runs against Trump, Ramaswamy   
   has repeatedly praised him as the most effective president this century.   
   In the audience Wednesday was U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida congressman   
   who is one of Trump’s staunchest allies in Congress.   
      
   Ramaswamy is not the only Republican candidate to suggest slashing the   
   federal workforce. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he would eliminate   
   the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, the Department of Commerce, the   
   Department of Energy, and the Department of Education.   
      
   And there’s a larger effort to dismantle the federal government that is   
   being fueled by conservative organizations along with former Trump   
   administration officials. They have been working on drafting a plan for   
   when Trump returns to the White House to oust federal employees and   
   replace them with like-minded officials.   
      
   Ramaswamy said, currently, presidents act like “puppets” who can’t   
   implement policies. He said he would rescind federal regulations that he   
   considers unconstitutional.   
      
   Regarding the plan for the FBI, Ramaswamy said he would fire 20,000   
   employees deemed to be in non-essential roles and send 15,000 to the U.S.   
   Marshals Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Financial   
   Crimes Enforcement Network at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.   
      
   “Part of the problem when you have a bureaucracy that runs the state is   
   that they find things to do that they shouldn’t have been doing in the   
   first place,” he said, claiming that the workers had no specialization in   
   the areas.   
      
      
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   stupid people won't be offended.   
      
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   No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.   
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   queer liberal democrat donors.   
      
   President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed   
   dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.   
      
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