The media has everyone running around with their fair on fire about Trump 2.0 ‘s cabinet picks…..
People who NEVER ran BIG organization’s…..
People from Private Business’s….
And people who have been throwing stones at the organization that Trump want to ‘go in there and shake up’
THAT?
Has very chance of actually happening……
You CANNOT just go in Federal agencies and just do things….
There are deeply entrenched ‘rules and procedure’s‘……
There are civil servants , who if messed with too much?
Can do things that would bring down trouble for those political minions…..
There is also something else ?
Sometime cabinet member’s and political hires get in the spots and guess what?
They get ‘Captured‘ but THEIR staff turning their allegiance there and NOT back to the guy who gave them the job…..
Added to this?
Trump picks will be taking payouts and have to follow some rules that may deswade them from working FOR the government for any length of time….
Folks?
Gonna be an interesting ride….
But Donald Trump is NOT gonna change the US Government much more this time than the last time….
‘Wait’…..
Today we’re talking to Tommy Thompson, the former governor of Wisconsin who also served as Health and Human Services secretary in the George W. Bush administration. Thompson joined Wisconsin Republicans on election night to celebrate President-elect Donald Trump’s victory earlier this month.
What advice do you have for the next Cabinet secretary?
The issues that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is focusing on are the same issues that I addressed when I was secretary. That is: obesity, diabetes, food safety and food security. My advice would be to appoint the right people to help lead the many divisions under Health and Human Services. That’s what makes you a successful secretary.
What’s one thing you didn’t know that you wish you did before you got into the job?
I was shocked when I got there to see how broad and how deep the Department of Health and Human Services affects the American people. There isn’t a human in the country that is not touched a daily basis by decisions made by the department. Whether it’s the food you eat, the drugs you take, the programs you receive, whether you’re elderly, a child or in high school or daycare, there isn’t anything that the department in some respect doesn’t touch.
What do you see as the biggest obstacle facing the next administration?
One of the biggest things always is that there are entrenched bureaucrats. There’s a saying in the Department of Health and Human Services that “in four years they will be gone and I will still be here.” They can out-wait a secretary quite easily, and they know that. The idea that they will be there after the secretary leaves so things don’t change is a huge problem in all federal departments. So what Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are doing [with their Department of Government Efficiency] is smart. If they can somehow reorganize and slim down the bureaucracy and make it more transparent and more accountable, then every secretary who comes in will be better served…..
Note….
I’m betting that Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are gonna last 6 months to a year if that long before local, state and federal lawmakers get flack from their efforts and they fold up their tent and go home…..
And I am NOT saying that probably IS a need for some cuts….
But the US Government has roots all over the country and worldwide BIGGEER then two guts who think they are’ know it all’s’
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