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Ron DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies if elected president
NBC News ^ | June 28, 2023 | Zoë Richards

Posted on 06/30/2023 11:44:12 AM PDT by Eagle Forgotten

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that if he is elected president he would seek to close four federal agencies as part of an effort to reduce the size of government.

"We would do Education, we would do Commerce, we'd do Energy, and we would do IRS," DeSantis said in an interview with Fox News’ Martha MacCallum when he was asked whether he favored closing any agencies.

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In the current fiscal year, the budgets for the Commerce, Energy and Education departments were $109 billion, $160 billion and $194 billion, respectively, according to government spending data.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: agencies; agoodstart; desantis; election; fl; florida; lol; lyinron; whentrumpstersattack
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To: Cobra64

How about since 1860?

Lincoln started alot of this mess.

But Wilson really got it rolling, and FDR - over the top.


61 posted on 06/30/2023 1:21:20 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Eagle Forgotten
Ron DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies if elected president

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxVfV5Lby3u-m51xWHvBGEs-vLeczntIIt


62 posted on 06/30/2023 1:36:04 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The president lost the power of impoundment in 1974.

“....
Impoundment is an act by a President of the United States of not spending money that has been appropriated by the U.S. Congress. Thomas Jefferson was the first president to exercise the power of impoundment in 1801. The power was available to all presidents up to and including Richard Nixon, and was regarded as a power inherent to the office. The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 was passed in response to perceived abuse of the power under President Nixon. The Act removed that power, and Train v. City of New York (whose facts predate the 1974 Act, but which was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court after its passage), closed potential loopholes in the 1974 Act. The president’s ability to indefinitely reject congressionally approved spending was thus removed.
.....”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impoundment_of_appropriated_funds


63 posted on 06/30/2023 1:47:45 PM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: Reily

Thanks. I didn’t think that was a workable option.


64 posted on 06/30/2023 1:50:53 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Replies directed at me alone tend to be interpreted as being about me.


65 posted on 06/30/2023 2:03:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Eagle Forgotten

Commerce regulates far too much that should be left to the states. That said, there still has to be a tax collection function, even though the IRS should be slashed; there is still a small role for the Feds in legitimate interstate commerce; energy too should be largely left to the states with a little national security element.

I can’t find a reason for the Dept of Ed to continue doing anything.


66 posted on 06/30/2023 2:08:12 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: SunkenCiv

Sorry, though oftentimes we all generalize from there. Going off on tangents, stream of thought, etc.


67 posted on 06/30/2023 2:35:09 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

That was my point. Politicians can’t figure that out.


68 posted on 06/30/2023 3:14:06 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: Eagle Forgotten

Who is “we”?

The little ingrate would learn what vested interests means. Congress refused to get rid of Section 230, and that involved only a little money passing under the table.


69 posted on 06/30/2023 3:30:53 PM PDT by odawg
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To: Eagle Forgotten

Yeh sure. 🙄


70 posted on 06/30/2023 3:53:03 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

I loved the riverboat tour I took on Tangent Stream. :^)


71 posted on 06/30/2023 4:31:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Eagle Forgotten

Only 4? There has got to be dozens in just the first 100 days.


72 posted on 06/30/2023 6:46:36 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Cobra64

Please see my post #31.


73 posted on 06/30/2023 7:07:04 PM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Please see my post #31.


74 posted on 06/30/2023 7:07:25 PM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
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