Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[Dr. Strangelove]

Credit where credit is due, this is a fairly clever decision.

Hegseth renames North Carolina military base Fort Roland L. Bragg | AP News

[Mike]

Excellent!

[Dr. Strangelove]

[iam416]

Taxes increase consumer costs.

[iam416]

Meanwhile, in the hilariously ironic and predictably stupid, the Ds continue to lambaste an "unelected official" for trying to eliminate lots and lots and lots of unelected jobs.

[Dr. Strangelove]

And in the "When I voted for the Face-Eating Leopards Party I didn't mean for them to eat MY face!" Dept.

Katie Britt vows to work with RFK Jr. after NIH funding cuts cause concern in Alabama - al.com

Unless those NIH funds get unfrozen it'll mean hard times for AA's beloved UAB, the largest employer in the state.

[AlabamAlum]

“Cut pork, but not MY pork!”


Meh, the NIH is bloated and often rudderless. It absolutely needs to be reeled in a bit.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Revise and resubmit, Earl.

[Jeff Buchanan]

Without knowing necessary details to fairly assess reduction in force policies, my gut feeling is that these policies represent a trend worth pursuing. There has been repeated complaints, here and elsewhere, regarding the administrative state that is governing this country. They are uniformly (e,g, HHS, DOE, etc.) and should be dismantled. Supporters of the status quo and the government agencies and jobs at risk of elimination are voicing concerns that the Trump administration's actions are chaotic, not well planned and, of course, a threat to democracy (and all that complaining entails).

In my recollection, political and business figures that have undertaken a slash and burn approach have gotten roasted. Never mind that operating efficiencies and cost containment were obtained. A business figure that comes to mind is Carl Ichan. He broke up the APA and slashed salaries of Continental Airline, employees saving millions in operating expenses and making the airline profitable before he sold his interests in the company and it merged with United.

Ronald Reagan championed smaller government and Federalism but not with a slash and burn approach like Trump appears to be taking. In both cases these two presidents had similar objectives. Reagan was immensely popular and depending on what measuring stick one might use, Reagan reshaped American government into the less socially intrusive, less regulatory in nature and fiscally conservative government he set out to obtain. The Obama presidency reversed most of Reagan's achievements. Obviously, we don't know how Trump's efforts will work out but the clamoring by his opponents, going to court to be stymy his actions, is a major obstacle that, how the courts rule and how Trump reacts to those rulings, has unprecedented consequences for this country.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Dems complaining about "unelected" federal power....is fucking HILARIOUS...

Again I ask...what tyrant/fascist/Nazi/dictator has set out to DECREASE the size of government....weird.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Decreasing the size of the federal workforce and decreasing the power of the Presidency are two different things. Trump (and people in his administration) are spoiling for a fight with Congress over who actually controls spending and if Trump wins at the Supreme Court, the power of the Executive branch in this country will grow significantly.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Funny you Progs had ZERO issues when Chief Poopypants was signing hundreds of EO's...but now it is abuse of power when Trump does it? Personally I don't like the pretty much unrestricted power of the EO...their intent was to give that power in times of crisis...that was the spirit of it...now it's just un-checked power pretty much. But this is what the Progs normally love...but only when it increases the size of their cookie jar...

[Dr. Strangelove]

Most of the executive orders are meaningless. I'm not even talking about that. Those are bread and circus for the masses to show that he's getting so much accomplished. Ooooh, an executive order to celebrate plastic straws. February 9th shall hereafter be celebrated as Gulf of America Day. Who gives a shit.

I'm talking about upcoming fights where Congress specifically allocated money to an agency and Trump refuses to spend it. Or voids contracts already signed. Soley because Trump is personally against it. It's almost like a line-item veto in a way. I doubt he would win at the Supreme Court but that doesn't mean he won't try.

[Dr. Strangelove]

[THE_WIZARD_]

We get it. You hate Trump.

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