House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he hoped to work with billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to eliminate more than 75% of federal agencies.
'Can it be done?' Mike Johnson seeks to shut 75% of federal agencies with Elon Musk's help
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-elon-musk-agencies/
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Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 15 pts · 1y
He looks so happy, cheerful when he's about to unleash hell on his fellow countrypeoples. I hope his just desserts come soon.
Pistcow@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
If there was only a kind-hearted vigilante out there...
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 6 pts · 1y
Be the Change
Landsharkgun@midwest.social · 2 pts · 1y
I mean, best timeline outcome is that federal spending goes significantly down, thereby lowering tax burden, which enables the not-fucked states to pick up the slack and provide those services themselves.
The fucked states get even more fucked, though.
bitchkat@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
You think our taxes will go down? They're more likely to go up because they'll have privatized replacements and those don't save money.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Not to mention, last time around, the GOP weaponized tax code against blue states (putting a super low cap on state tax deductions). I expect more of the same this time - and I also don’t expect it’ll JUST be tax code stuff either.
tills13@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
This is the problem with conservatism. In a vacuum, being fiscally responsible is good! But apparently, to them, having empathy towards people in worse situations is apparently impossible.