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I'm not American. Are these people not concerned of the effects of emptying out CIA and FBI?
by woggy 2y ago
I'm not American.
Are these people not concerned of the effects of emptying out CIA and FBI?
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- murillians 2y agoNo, emptying them out is the goal (the reasons why vary depending on who you ask)
- gscott 2y agoU S govt at least 25% too big.
- throwfgtpwd234 2y agoBased on what specific evidence?
- egberts1 2y agoRunaway Federal debt.
- lesuorac 2y agoLiterally you could fire ever single federal employee and you'd still have a deficit (3,000,000 * $106,382 = 319 billion [1]). It's not even really close, 319 billion is ~1/6 of the deficit [2]. [1]: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/01/07/what-the-data-says-about-federal-workers/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/01/07/what-the-... [2]: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-25-107714 https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-25-107714
- egberts1 2y agoThose sliver-of-a-budget grunt workers do quite a bit of disbursements of US taxpayers money.
- lesuorac 2y ago1) Firing people doesn't stop disbursement. Especially if they're something low-level like idk a security guard. 2) Disbursement is done because Congress told them to with a law. If you want less disbursement then repeal the law.
- egberts1 2y agoMust have missed the many Congress laws that can suspend such a disbursement by various parties of the Executive Branch: immediate, 7-day, 15-day, 90-day, reallocated, indefinite.
- throw0101c 2y ago> Those sliver-of-a-budget grunt workers do quite a bit of disbursements of US taxpayers money. They also do quite a bit of collecting taxes and (when allowed to by the GOP) do audits of tax cheats. They also patrol borders. They also maintain military equipment. They also inspect food. Etc.
- gscott 2y agoI just feel the cutting has to start someplace and with Trump not having to be elected again he has nothing to lose. I am sure a Democrat will win next term to try to right things. Trump is mart enough to see there is a problem but not smart enough to get in and fix it. It is like a farmer burning the fields for next season. Democrats will have a field to build back better on.
- egberts1 2y agoThree decades to build back better. How's that debt reduction working so far?
- throw0101c 2y ago> Runaway Federal debt. The three largest line items in the US federal budget are: * Social Security * Medicare * Pentagon Of the three only the Pentagon is discretionary: * https://taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/how-does-federal-government-spend-its-money https://taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/how-does-federal-g... Which one(s) do you want to cut? Further, after COVID's bump, US federal outlays/spending have generally been coming down to history averages (20% of GDP): * https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYONGDA188S https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYONGDA188S But deficits are growing: * https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFSDFYGDP https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFSDFYGDP The difference between the two trends means income is the problem. Has the GOP tried not cutting taxes and then complaining about not having enough money?
- gscott 2y agoCommon sense
- rubberpoliceman 2y agoThey are not. In their defense, these people are imbeciles.
- thatguy0900 2y agoThe people who voted for this to happen were told that the Cia and fbi are part of the "deep state" that stole the last election away from Trump and have been attempting to unjustly prosecute him for made up crimes
- fallingfrog 2y agoIt’s not about emptying them out so much as replacing them with loyalists.