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Impeachment Lesson: Cut Government
American Thinker.com ^ | November 18, 2019 | Fletch Daniels

Posted on 11/18/2019 6:16:14 AM PST by Kaslin

This current impeachment theater is the equivalent of Caddyshack II, a sequel so dreadful that nobody is bothering to tune in.

Even my liberal colleagues who despise President Donald Trump can’t be bothered watch. It’s as if everyone not named Chris Wallace knows this is a complete sham. The stock market yawned as it rocketed upwards.

What we have is a parade of bureaucratic power players preening before friendly Democrats to complain that nobody listens to their sage counsel and that the president has the audacity to think he decides foreign policy.

The biggest villain in this ill-begotten administrative coup sequel is Joe Biden, whose corruption is so obscene that even ruthlessly friendly media can’t keep it from sneaking through. Hunter Biden sucked in dirty Ukrainian cash like he was hooked up to a beer bong, getting drunk on his father’s political influence.

For proof of the damage, look no further than a rising Pete Buttigieg, who is now in the lead in Iowa.

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1 posted on 11/18/2019 6:16:14 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

The real problem is that Trump came into office with only a skeletal staff of like minded, trusted operatives. He has been unable to take control of Justice, The FBI, the CIA,NSA, State or the Pentagon. The Resistance was already in place and there was no threat they would or could be meaningfully dislodged and replaced by decent people.


2 posted on 11/18/2019 6:21:38 AM PST by allendale (.)
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Get rid of entire departments. He’ll need a big majority in his next term.


3 posted on 11/18/2019 6:23:08 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Kaslin

By putting this parade of arrogant bureaucrats on display Schiff has inadvertently put an indelible face on the Deep State. The American public now clearly see’s part of what’s going on in the Swamp.


4 posted on 11/18/2019 6:29:48 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Kaslin
The media reacted in horror when the phrase “I hired Donald Trump to fire people like Yovanovitch” trended on Twitter. The idea that a sentiment shared by nearly all rational-minded people would catch fire was inexplicable to the outraged media and the Twitter overlords.

Exactly. The insufferable elitist who, with propriety, calls herself Marie, got a late night call to get her caboose on the next train out -- and during the heave ho, she is injured where the dignity is located in ambassadors. So unceremonious, so unworthy of her. Donald Trump called me out and had his way with me! Oh, the uberhumanity!

5 posted on 11/18/2019 6:36:31 AM PST by Buttons12
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To: Kaslin

Democrats are working at putting gloom on Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s a direct attack against Christianity.


6 posted on 11/18/2019 6:38:20 AM PST by abclily
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I echo your thought. Get rid of some of these buros. Start with Dept. of Education. Return all educational decisions to the local school districts. The states can oversee the schools in their own backyards.


7 posted on 11/18/2019 6:39:13 AM PST by Gumdrop
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Get rid of entire departments. He’ll need a big majority in his next term.

I agree 100%. Eliminate the Department of Education (a state and local function, not federal). Eliminate EPA. Eliminate Department of Labor. Eliminate Energy and transfer its nuclear weapons responsibilities to the Department of Defense. Eliminate large parts of HUD/HHS. Put VA back in the Department of Defense. There's more (including a large chunk of the treasonous FBI and most or all of the equally treasonous CIA - those two organizations were way too quick to lead an internal coup against the duly elected President of the United States).

8 posted on 11/18/2019 6:42:06 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Kaslin

Criminal State. There are evil individuals inside the republic.


9 posted on 11/18/2019 6:43:46 AM PST by PGalt
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Get rid of entire departments.

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The bigger government gets the more it gives advantage to the Democrats in that it gives them endless ways of buying votes. This is their life blood and we need to cut it off.

The only way the Republicans can stop this machine is to drastically cut the size of government. The smaller government gets, the fewer opportunities there are for corruption, graft, vote buying, abuses of power, and the trampling of our liberties.

If Trump and the GOP do not firmly commit to doing this we will never be able to make America great again.


10 posted on 11/18/2019 6:50:28 AM PST by Starboard
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Transfer bureacracies outside of Washington DC to other states so they are closer to communities they serve.
Downsize them where needed.


11 posted on 11/18/2019 7:01:02 AM PST by orinoco (Orinoco)
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Transfer bureacracies outside of Washington DC to other states so they are closer to communities they serve.

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This has the added advantage of getting rid of federal employees who don’t want to live in flyover country. For many of them the thought of having to leave the Swamp and live amongst the unwashed masses will result in lots of resignations.


12 posted on 11/18/2019 7:04:49 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Kaslin
The US Constitution and the Declaration of Independence recognize the self-evident truth that the only legitimate purpose of government is to protect the inalienable rights of the people governed.

US history has proven that when government reaches a certain critical size, the people inevitably lose control of it and become the slaves of the people who do control the government.

Obviously, government must be kept small enough to remain the servant of the people governed and not their master.

13 posted on 11/18/2019 7:05:28 AM PST by Savage Beast (The curse of high intelligence is watching the unintelligent fumble, uncomprehending the obvious.)
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To: Pollster1
Eliminate the Department of Education (a state and local function, not federal).

Right you are. Recall that the Dept. of Ed. was created by Jimmy Carter as a sop to teacher's unions. It has been metastasizing since then.

14 posted on 11/18/2019 7:05:45 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Start with the State Department. All they do is work against the interest of American Citizens. Break it into pieces under other agencies for stuff you just have to have. As it is, it creates far more problems than it solves


15 posted on 11/18/2019 7:25:17 AM PST by RatRipper
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To: Starboard
The only way the Republicans can stop this machine is to drastically cut the size of government. The smaller government gets, the fewer opportunities there are for corruption, graft, vote buying, abuses of power, and the trampling of our liberties.

You can put a BIG dent in the deep state by simply MOVING departments away from the beltway swamp.

Executive Office of the President/Whitehouse=wherever he/she wants it to be
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Move to Kansas City, MO
Department of Commerce Move to Houston, TX
Department of Defense (DOD) Rename Department of War, Omaha, NE
Department of Education-ELIMINATE
Department of Energy-ELIMINATE (create NNSA as separate)
Department of Health and Human Services-ELIMINATE
Department of Homeland Security- ELIMINATE
Department of Housing and Urban Development-ELIMINATE
Department of the Interior- Coure D'Alane, ID
Department of Justice-Move to Panhandle area, FL
Department of Labor (DOL)-ELIMINATE
Department of State (DOS)-Move to Tulsa, OK
Department of Transportation-Move to Anniston, AL
Department of the Treasury-Move to Denver, CO
Department of Veterans Affairs-Move to Leavenworth, KS

16 posted on 11/18/2019 7:26:40 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progs, socialists, or democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!!!!)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Workers state local and federal should not be allowed to unionize. Even FDR knew this was a losing proposition. Outlaw them when we take the house back! This is a big reason Kalifornication is in such deep doo.


17 posted on 11/18/2019 7:26:55 AM PST by TStro (Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6)
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To: Kaslin
Soooo true! 😆
18 posted on 11/18/2019 7:32:43 AM PST 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: Kaslin

If we survive the 2020 election, we must destroy the Bureaucratic Branch, or else Trump’s presidency will be erased, and there will be permanent, total corruption.


19 posted on 11/18/2019 7:43:42 AM PST by UnwashedPeasant (Trump is solving the worldÂ’s problems only to distract us from Russia.)
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To: DCBryan1

I would add to your list:

Southern District of New York Court & Prosecutors - move to Barrow Alaska

Well, on second thought I wouldn’t inflict these slimy creatures on the good citizens of Barrow.


20 posted on 11/18/2019 7:49:09 AM PST by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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