How would this look? What would Musk do (WWMD)?
1. Structure
- Inventory every agency and their departments
- Find out the purpose of each
- Lop off agencies and departments that aren’t needed
- No congressional approval required
2. Budget
- Congress would have to adjust the budget based on the departments that are cut.
- Real cuts, not just cuts of the next proposed budget
- Trim the remaining budget by 15%, spread across all agencies
- Pass a law for required trimming/rehiring of 15% of the workforce every four years.
- Maybe early retirement for the deadwood, if needed.
This would get rid of all the govt fringe that looks for trouble, the little gods hiding behind their administrative tin badges (Dept of Education, EPA, DOJ, etc).
/rant
I wonder, since congress holds the purse strings, how many agencies can simply be eliminated. But Mike Lee said that at least 2 times, the Supreme Court has ruled that it’s illegal for the Feds to hold so much land that isn’t designated for specific military purpose or gov’t purpose. I think based on that, Trump could require that those agencies do a final inventory, then turn everything over to the nearest state or county office.
I recall that Bush said he tried that but the state’s didn’t want to take on the management (& cost) of those land. BS! If the state won’t, turn it over to the counties. I’m sure THEY have an idea to productively use such lands. Even if it’s for trails for hiking or hunting.
I just purchased Over Ruled by Gorsuch. Haven’t gotten into it yet, but I’m sure there will be many suggestions on trimming back Leviathan.