RE: Wow 330 people! Get back with us when whole departments are eliminated.
Can the President simply eliminate a department which was created by law? Can he, with the stroke of a pen, eliminate for instance, the Department of Education?
No and I was being as ridiculous as this article. No one believes the size of government is getting smaller.
Move the home office to Antarctica and let anyone who wants to stay move.
Education would be near the top of my list for 100% removal. Others worthy of complete or nearly complete elimination include Director of National Intelligence, Small Business Administration, EPA, Veterans Affairs (put that back in the Department of War), Energy (put nuclear weapons back in the Department of War and get rid of the rest), HUD, HHS, and most or all of the Department of Labor. Get rid of 20% of current employees this year, and cut the same number each of the following four years so that these harmful departments are gone by the time that President Trump finishes his second term.
The rest of FedGov? Cut at least 2% per year from all other departments unless 2/3 of the House and the Senate approve maintaining their numbers - no increases. That includes our military, which I love but it should be streamlined to improve the "tooth to tail" ratio. That includes State and FBI, where political and politicized positions need to be phased out rapidly. That certainly includes BATFE, where all federal firearms laws except protections for manufacturers and dealers need to be eliminated. We have far too much government, and shrinking that cancer should be among our highest priorities.
Move Department HQ to Anchorage—the problem will solve itself!
Our corporation one day decided to fire 1000 people from IT, and nobody noticed
330 people from the NSC ain’t chicken feed. And how many of those were agent provocateurs, spies or just in general deep state butt heads?
Cutting out whole agencies is going to be tough row to hoe, even with the help of Congress.
And how likely do you see that happening right now? Still, relocating them out of town is within his purview.