Posted on 10/29/2017 12:39:39 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
The most recent cover of Time Magazine — or I should say.., given its parent company's recent decision "reducing ... circulation and frequency" of the formerly iconic publication — calls President Donald Trump's cabinet "The Wrecking Crew" on a mission of "dismantling government as we know it."
Separate reports singled out EPA Director Scott Pruitt, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, and HUD Secretary Ben Carson for scrutiny.
The cover's word selection is obviously out of line, as none of the three is proposing to "dismantle" — meaning to "take (something) apart" (and not put it back together) — the agencies under their charge. The headlined addition of "as we know it" doesn't change that. But it does feed leftist paranoia, which is apparently the point.
Of course, none of Time's four articles pointed out that "government as we know it" has gone from spending just over $2 trillion per year to just shy of $4 trillion in the past 20 years. After taking inflation into account, that's a nearly 50 percent increase in real terms. Today's "government as we know it" doesn't accomplish 50 percent more than it did 20 years ago — unless getting in the way of progress is considered an accomplishment.
That didn't stop Deputy Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Correspondent Massimo Calabresi from claiming a "dismantling" again in his opening content. Rather than cite recent related statements by Trump, likely because he couldn't find any that were sufficiently inflammatory, Calabresi obsessed over Steve Bannon. Bannon was fired two months ago (the link is to Time's report on the firing), largely because he seemed to relish making outlandish claims, using terms like "deconstruction," about the scope of Team Trump's efforts.
Calabresi cited the departed Bannon's description of "deconstruction" ..
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It took a little while but the regulations the Dem 2006 Congress enacted slowed the economy during the remaining Bush years. Theres no telling how much pain Trump has saved us from.
If anyone wanted an angle of attack, tell that to Time chief editress Nancy Gibbs.
Oh wait, she got fired last month! HAW HAW.
Given the pressure, I dont see how he does it.
What a blessing that is and will be. We could then be once again the light of the world.
Winning!
I really like the sound of this and all Ive read so far is the title.
Hmmm... is this referring to the government that spends my tax money on studies concerning why married lesbians get fat? Or gives student loans in the tens of thousands of dollars to people who if ever employed, will be lucky to make $15 an hour? Or has failed in virtually every aspect of its constitutional duties over the last 40 years or so, even with job #1-protecting citizens from foreign invasion? Is it that one that he wants to dismantle?
To me that is fantastic news, almost as good as V-E or V-J day headlines. "Government as we know it" stinks and needs to be dismantled and rebuilt - if at all, much smaller, cheaper, less powerful, and far less intrusive in our lives.
And is that a bad thing......?
Exactly. I voted for President Trump because he promised to dismantle government as we know it. That is what the American people want, at least the patriots among us.
No, they are willfully and utterly evil.
No government, the lesser of two evils.
They aren’t dismantling the government.
They are attempting to reign in its excesses, eliminate mission creep, weed out corruption, and restore the federal government to its proper constitutional function, size and scope.
Boy, I hope so.
Hey! Dumbass!
That's why we sent him there!
Winning!
Yes, and this is good!
That too,the mean girl party ghouls.
Time seems to be implying this is a bad thing. It's the greatest thing I've witnessed in 50 years!
Isn't it funny how Democrats constantly scream about the need to CHANGE. Well, now they have what they wanted, some real change!
Obama's slogan was "Change we can believe in." Now WE get the chance to chant "Yes We Can."
The cover picture is music to my eyes.
So this sounds like a ringing endorsement in conservative circles, one long overdue.
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