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Along with the Departments of Energy and Education, Paul also proposes eliminating the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Commerce, and Interior. Paul would also abolish the Transportation Security Administration, leaving security at airports and other transportation systems up to the private sector.
Paul's plan would set the budget for most other departments at 2006 levels, which for some agencies would mean eliminating certain programs. For instance, Paul says he would cut all funding for the Justice Department's "Community Oriented Policing Services" (COPS) program, which provides grants to state and local law enforcement agencies to hire and train officers.
My GOD!!! A candidate with the kahunas to suggest big time cuts!! Now. Stand back while they drive nails into his hands and feet.
but wait...if he abolishes the Department of Commerce
Where will Conservative and the rest of us get our bls.gov and bea.gov numbers????
... take a look at just ONE department he proposes to cut: Commerce. This would then cut the following:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) including the
National Weather Service (NWS); hope you don't mind NOT knowing when and where the tornado or hurricane are landing.
U.S. Census Bureau; so much for the CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED count of the country which, by the way dictates Congressional representation.
Patent and Trade Mark Office (USPTO); so much for intellectual property rights.
Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA); well we won’t really need the economic data after this.
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); want to export a dual-use nuclear trigger? Go ahead!
International Trade Administration (ITA); oh well, the isolationist policies will make this obsolete anyways…
Also forget about:
Economic Development Administration (EDA)
Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
HEY, GREAT PLAN BEAV!
Bubba, the Census and Patent offices can be rearranged elsewhere, but they're the only two CONSTITUTIONAL operations that I know of in any of those 5 Departments. It would be a NICE START.
then we could move everything in those agencies elsewhere ... rearranging the chairs on the titanic so to speak
as much as i like the guy, this was an instance of hyperbole because his campaign is flat
This begs the question: When a candidate campaigns, should they sell us their idealistic visions, or should they be selling what is plausible that they can actually get done.
For the most part these are great choices and proposals. Here's the disingenuous disconnect...
Believe it or not, Presidents in the past on occasion have attempted to eliminate smaller bureaucratic entities within larger departments, and pretty much always have been thwarted. Why does he think... no, why does he want US to think... that he is the proverbial knight in shining armor that can actually get it done?
This begs the question: When a candidate campaigns, should they sell us their idealistic visions, or should they be selling what is plausible that they can actually get done.
Like I said, nice choices and proposals, but I think a fail on his part for putting it forth as if he can pull it off.
totally lifted from a blog comment:
... take a look at just ONE department he proposes to cut: Commerce. This would then cut the following:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) including the
National Weather Service (NWS); hope you don't mind NOT knowing when and where the tornado or hurricane are landing.
U.S. Census Bureau; so much for the CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED count of the country which, by the way dictates Congressional representation.
Patent and Trade Mark Office (USPTO); so much for intellectual property rights.
Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA); well we won’t really need the economic data after this.
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); want to export a dual-use nuclear trigger? Go ahead!
International Trade Administration (ITA); oh well, the isolationist policies will make this obsolete anyways…
Also forget about:
Economic Development Administration (EDA)
Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
HEY, GREAT PLAN BEAV!
In a sense what you're saying is that the president should be more of a dictator. Unfortunately (or, rather, fortunately), the practical realities of our political system doesn't allow for that. Presidential orders are powerful, but not anywhere near all-powerful.I believe the POTUS still has the power to issue a Presidential Order, doesn't he? Of course that is subject to SCOTUS review, but I believe a very strong case can be made for the UnConstitutionality of each of those departments (minus the two groups I discussed earlier).
You had me. You had me in the palm of your hand. Then you lost me with the last sentence.Interesting ideas but sadly he is just showing his own links to big business with this plan.
For one he does not want to dump the Department of Homeland Security.. if one agency needs removal then it is that. Talk about waste of money and more red tape. This agency was suppose to fix the issues between the 132613461 so called US intelligence agencies and has not done so. All it added was yet another layer of red tape and cost a fortune. If anything the US should cut many of their so called "intelligence" agencies who fight each other over secrets and fame..
He also "only" puts a spending freeze at the Department of War.. err Defence. Seriously? If there is one place you can cut waste by the bucket load it is the DOD. No a toilet seat does not have to cost 40000 dollars (yes taken from Independence Day).
And then he wants to eliminate Departments of Energy, HUD, Commerce, Interior and Education.... his priorities are clear that is for sure... deluded to say the least but very clear. I expect that education standards in the US will get much much worse and very segregated under President Paul. And considering that one of the biggest problems of the US is energy independence, he suddenly wants to get rid of the Department leading that chase? And he wants more homeless.. no worries his buddy Bush fixed that for him. And I understadn why he wants to get rid of the Department of Commerce,... being an isolationist as he is, then there is no need to promote US products to people outside the US.. after they are non Christian freaks right?.. And then there is the Department of Interior.. seriously? So in other words he wants to sell off all federal land and what..finish of the American Indian genocide once and for all?
Now I understand that you can merge some of these departments into others and so on, but out right getting rid of what they do... gezz. Why not get rid of the DOD and leave US security to the private sector?
In a sense what you're saying is that the president should be more of a dictator. Unfortunately (or, rather, fortunately), the practical realities of our political system doesn't allow for that. Presidential orders are powerful, but not anywhere near all-powerful.
Amazing. A plan to throw us back into the 18th century. That will work so well in a global economy
Taking the example of NOAA a little further, not only will communities not know where that hurricane or tornado is likely to hit, placing millions at risk of death, Paul would also kill FEMA so that those hit by catastrophic storms or events would have to go it alone in restoring and rebuilding in the aftermath.
Not sure what you mean. Do you mean a SCOTUS test of a line-item veto? If so, I would LOVE to see that tested once and for all.What I am suggesting is that when Congress refuses to act WITHIN ITS CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS there needs to be a means for the POTUS to tell them to go to Hell. Such a Presidential Order would initiate a SCOTUS fight, as we all know. At which point the SCOTUS would have to rule on whether or not those Departments have a Constitutional basis per Section I, Article 8 and the 10th Amendment. Should they rule improperly, then it would be time for the populace to burn Washington, DC to the ground and start all over circa 1775.
Not sure what you mean. Do you mean a SCOTUS test of a line-item veto? If so, I would LOVE to see that tested once and for all.
18th Century, GREAT. Though I'm sure you realize that there are other meteorolical organizations out there beyond NOAA, right?
As for FEMA... please show me a Constitutional Mandate for such a program. I don't believe you can. Therefore it is an illegal and UnConstitutional program (and I would suggest an immoral one as well).
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