In Argentina, Milei's exhilarating chainsaw revolution is underway

> Yep, cut government in half, that's a good ~~solution~~ start.

Next cut half of what’s left, at the federal level, but with legislation designed to make it easy for states wanting to take over - and themselves pay for - those programs. Then reduce federal taxation by about 2/3 of the value of Fed spending being reduced. So states can choose to increase their taxes somewhat to pay for picking up some dropped Fed programs, without increasing their citizens total Fed + state taxes. If they want to pick up more than that they’ll either have to be more efficient than Feds were in delivering the programs, or will have to increase total taxes in their state. States that don’t pick anything get a nice total tax cut. States wanting to pick up formerly Fed programs can pick and choose from the ‘skilled’ pool of laid off Fed workers. The legislation should establish one new Fed program, if such doesn’t already exist: an agency existing just to honestly maintain (not hype) former Fed employee records and simplify potential, non-Fed, employers accessing and searching them. Not for providing any monitory benefits to ex-Fed workers. May the state competition start! And the 1/3 of program matching Fed revenues not cut gets redirected towards either balancing the Fed budget or, ideally, starting to pay down Fed debt principal.

And, in thanks, zero tariffs on chainsaws from Argentina! One those currently very busy mechanical beavers find time, encourage them to franchise Argentinian chainsaw factories here.

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