Of course NEITHER things are gonna happen….
But this points to something else….
If you work FOR the US Government?
WTF would vote for a Republican President?
Much less a Republican in Congress that might support these job kelling promises?….
“Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants to close the Department of Education and have state governments ‘run the education of our children,’ pushing for a long-held Republican goal that has been endorsed by several other 2024 GOP candidates,” CNNreports.
Said Trump, in a video: “We’re going to end education coming out of Washington, DC. We’re going to close it up – all those buildings all over the place and people that in many cases hate our children. We’re going to send it all back to the states.”
“But eliminating the US Department of Education would not necessarily give any more power to states over K-12 schools. While the federal agency helps the president execute education policies, the power to set curriculum, establish schools and determine enrollment eligibility already lies with the states and local school boards.”
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“Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican presidential candidate whose strident and sometimes unrealistic proposals have helped him stand out in the crowded primary field, said in a policy speech on Wednesday that he would fire more than 75 percent of the federal work force and shutter several major agencies,” the New York Times reports.
“Mr. Ramaswamy also claimed he could make the changes unilaterally if he were to be elected president, putting forward a sweeping theory that the executive wields the power to restructure the federal government on his own and does not need to submit such proposals to Congress for approval.”
Smart move there Ramaswamy!
That’s right !alienate every federal worker in the country!
That makes sense!
Probably destroyed whatever chance ( probably very little) of being the VP nomination .This will haunt him forever.
He’s Donald Trump on steroids!
And, as usual, you’re not just infuriating and terrifying every Federal worker in the country, you’re alienating their spouses, parents, children, siblings and friends; plus anyone else who’s had a Federal job or aspires to hold one (e.g. cops and troopers who hope to join the FBI).
Indeed my friend…….
I REALLY THINK these people are working overtime to LOSE next year’s election’s
Insular from reality…….
Just their universe…….
But that small-town base just loves it.