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   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2023-10-16, Leroy N. Soetoro  wrote:   
   > https://apnews.com/article/ramaswamy-2024-gop-slash-federal-workforce-   
   > layoffs-fbi-180ef9599a688ef68d6e51446baef4a7   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Sadly the 3 letter agencies have gone rogue so what is the solution?   
   IMHO this is an extremely dangerous situation which needs to be fixed.   
      
      
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