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As a person who has no idea what most of the agencies do (exactly what Musk and Ramaswamy are): DHS can easily be folded into the FBI and cuts made TSA is a n

As a person who has no idea what most of the agencies do (exactly what Musk and Ramaswamy are): DHS can easily be folded into the FBI and cuts made TSA is a non-brainer, they don't really provide much security, let airports handle it on a case by case basis Do they really need a NSA and a CIA? Space force - just roll it into the air force Bam - that's probably like 500 billion right there

Volundr 2y ago
> DHS can easily be folded into the FBI and cuts made Easily? You just folded the Coast Guard, FEMA, Immigration, and the secret service along with many other agencies under the FBI. > Space force - just roll it into the air force Already part of the air force.
- frumper 2y ago
  They also suggested selling off all the FBI watercraft. This plan is going well.
  - dragonwriter 2y ago
    The only good thing about the plan is it is still probably better (and less corruptly self-serving for those formulating it) than what DOGE will come up with.
rsynnott 2y ago
> As a person who has no idea what most of the agencies do "As a person who doesn't know anything about this, here are my ideas" is, er, one approach to things, I suppose (as someone else mentioned, you've just given the FBI a fleet of over 2,000 watercraft, which doesn't seem terribly sensible).
- akmarinov 2y ago
  The FBI doesn’t need watercraft, just sell them off - this is too easy
  - rsynnott 2y ago
    No, no, that would be wasteful. Simply make it a policy that FBI agents travel by boat. This would of course require the building of an extremely extensive national network of canals, but I think you'll agree that it's a small price to pay, and the FEMA people who the FBI would also inherit under this plan should have plenty of expertise in hydraulic engineering.
dragonwriter 2y ago
> DHS can easily be folded into the FBI and cuts made The reverse might make a tiny, miniscule amount of sense, but that way it is just silly. FBI is a subunit of DOJ with ~35,000 employees; DHS is an organizational peer to DOJ with ~260,000 employees; the active duty uniformed component of the Coast Guard — one unit of DHS — is around ~45,000 people.

Volundr 2y ago

> DHS can easily be folded into the FBI and cuts made Easily? You just folded the Coast Guard, FEMA, Immigration, and the secret service along with many other agencies under the FBI. > Space force - just roll it into the air force Already part of the air force.

frumper 2y ago
They also suggested selling off all the FBI watercraft. This plan is going well.
- dragonwriter 2y ago
  The only good thing about the plan is it is still probably better (and less corruptly self-serving for those formulating it) than what DOGE will come up with.

rsynnott 2y ago

> As a person who has no idea what most of the agencies do "As a person who doesn't know anything about this, here are my ideas" is, er, one approach to things, I suppose (as someone else mentioned, you've just given the FBI a fleet of over 2,000 watercraft, which doesn't seem terribly sensible).

akmarinov 2y ago
The FBI doesn’t need watercraft, just sell them off - this is too easy
- rsynnott 2y ago
  No, no, that would be wasteful. Simply make it a policy that FBI agents travel by boat. This would of course require the building of an extremely extensive national network of canals, but I think you'll agree that it's a small price to pay, and the FEMA people who the FBI would also inherit under this plan should have plenty of expertise in hydraulic engineering.

dragonwriter 2y ago

> DHS can easily be folded into the FBI and cuts made The reverse might make a tiny, miniscule amount of sense, but that way it is just silly. FBI is a subunit of DOJ with ~35,000 employees; DHS is an organizational peer to DOJ with ~260,000 employees; the active duty uniformed component of the Coast Guard — one unit of DHS — is around ~45,000 people.