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'Can it be done?' Mike Johnson seeks to shut 75% of federal agencies with Elon Musk's help (www.rawstory.com)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He looks so happy, cheerful when he's about to unleash hell on his fellow countrypeoples. I hope his just desserts come soon.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If there was only a kind-hearted vigilante out there...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Be the Change

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

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 4 points 2 weeks ago

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.