Exactly. The "starve the beast" mentality to rightwing governance via defunding the federal government and obstructing any attempts to congress tackling problems with money is what brought us here.
If MAGA had their way, the federal government would have limited jurisdiction to do all of exactly three things: have a "strong" military (th…
Exactly. The "starve the beast" mentality to rightwing governance via defunding the federal government and obstructing any attempts to congress tackling problems with money is what brought us here.
If MAGA had their way, the federal government would have limited jurisdiction to do all of exactly three things: have a "strong" military (that can't beat illiterate heroin farmers in Afghanistan with 20 years of federal blank checks), have a border wall, and investigate the Clintons and Bidens. Other than that, their version of government would not try to solve problems or collect the taxes necessary to solve problems other than the aforementioned three.
Grover Norquist ran the GOP for years (unofficiallly) with the slogan of downsizing the govt to the point of being able to "drown it in a bathtub." Those days are here! And Trumpists (never Trump as he was never in charge of anything -- not competent, not interested) made huge headway toward that end, dismantling every agency they got their hands on. Watch for that to continue. Luckily, Biden probably won't sign those bills even if the Senate sent them. But he also can't apparently undo the damage done the past five years. (DeJoy is still at the USPS and still taking it apart.)
Exactly. The "starve the beast" mentality to rightwing governance via defunding the federal government and obstructing any attempts to congress tackling problems with money is what brought us here.
If MAGA had their way, the federal government would have limited jurisdiction to do all of exactly three things: have a "strong" military (that can't beat illiterate heroin farmers in Afghanistan with 20 years of federal blank checks), have a border wall, and investigate the Clintons and Bidens. Other than that, their version of government would not try to solve problems or collect the taxes necessary to solve problems other than the aforementioned three.
Grover Norquist ran the GOP for years (unofficiallly) with the slogan of downsizing the govt to the point of being able to "drown it in a bathtub." Those days are here! And Trumpists (never Trump as he was never in charge of anything -- not competent, not interested) made huge headway toward that end, dismantling every agency they got their hands on. Watch for that to continue. Luckily, Biden probably won't sign those bills even if the Senate sent them. But he also can't apparently undo the damage done the past five years. (DeJoy is still at the USPS and still taking it apart.)