If not, then enough Republicans are liberal enough to go along with the agenda. It’s not down to political parties here.
Because they seem to like Democrats in charge just fine (at least the Establishment wing does).
The overwhelming majority of those who draw US Government paychecks (apart from uniformed members of the Armed Forces) are filthy,worthless supporters of the Rat Party and have been for years.So even with a Republican President you basically have a Maoist government.
“How long have the Democrats owned our national bureaucracy?”
At least since FDR
The Democrat Party is turning into the "Government Party," especially as Gov't gets bigger and bigger. Why do you think the home of all bureaucrats, Washington DC, votes 90% democrat every election?
EPA probably gave their workers taxpayer paid time off to attend OWS events.
0dumb0 (aka Big Ears) IS in charge of the Executive.
Do you see those offices of bureaucracy de-funded or closed, when Republicans occupy the White House and both houses of Congress? No.
Those bureaucracies are controlled certain constituents who support both political parties—one only a little more than the other. Most incomes come either directly or indirectly from government debt/revenues.
Well of course they are...along with most state and county bureaucracies, the "education" system, the media, the film industry and most of secondary education.
It should be called the BureaucRAT Party.
By Jove, I think you're getting it! This is what is meant by "elections have consequences!"
The entire US government, for all practical purposes, is composed of a variety of alphabet agencies not sanctiond by the constitution and staffed by unemployables who owe their paychecks to the Democrats.
Perhaps the government isn’t “controlled” by the Democrats, but it’s certainly generated and staffed by endless lines of otherwise useless characters - or, worse yet, characters who simply obstruct law-abiding citizens and their activities for a living - who all know which side their bread is buttered on and vote accordingly.
Maybe some people need a civics lesson? The bureaucracies come under the Executive branch of government. At the moment, that branch is in fact held by Democrats. Every Department Secretary and Agency head is appointed by the president. That’s just how it works.
The GOP controls 1/2 of 1 of the government’s 3 branches, i.e.m the House of Representatives. The Judiciary is the 3rd branch, and again its judges (who hold lifetime appointments) are appointed by the president with the advise and consent of the Senate (controlled now by the Democrat).
So, no, the GOP does not control half, but only one-sixth of the government and, yes, the Democrats basically do control the government.
MAYBE folks would remember that for the next election when they are too high minded to vote for someone not quite conservative enough for them. But not likely.
Many conservatives work in government bureaucracies, but they tend to function as if they were liberal because the institutional purpose of most government bureaucracies is to implement the modern welfare state and its regime of regulations and transfer payments. As the old line went about Nixon as President, his personal conservatism counted for nothing because that was not how he conducted himself at work.
Yes. Next question?
Yes. They created almost all of them.
They have.
It's just that it's been the feet of Trent Lott, Bill Frist, Mitch McConnell, Denny Hastert, and John Boehner.
What you see was perfectly predictable.
-PJ
Only since they were unionizd on top of being "civil serviced".
See if you still have your old High School Social Studies textbook around. Re read the chapter on “Executive Branch”.
The bureaucratic mindset is the liberal mindset by definition....