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Do you have an ideal version of the US government? Just wondering what you think should be cut vs kept.

by nielsbot 1y ago

msgodel 1y ago
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- searine 1y ago
  Instead of cutting cancer research or Nasa, maybe tax the rich? Wild idea, I know.
  - msgodel 1y ago
    Tariffs are a tax on luxury consumption so he's doing that too. And once again people are mad and trying to cut off their nose to spite their face.
    - searine 1y ago
      Tariffs are a tax on the poor.
      - msgodel 1y ago
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        searine 1y ago
        Blanket tarrifs can't be avoided. Even limited to "luxuries", which they're not, will still include necessities for a modern productive society. Hobbling the workforce is not a plan for success. It is robbery by the oligarch class.
    - TimorousBestie 1y ago
      It’s true that one can design tariffs to target luxury consumption specifically, and that’s been done in the past. That’s not what is being done by this admin, however. AI-generated tariff rates on 2-letter ISO country codes are not targeted in any meaningful sense.
noworriesnate 1y ago
The way I think about it is this: the bureaucracy of the federal government has accumulated so much tech debt over the years that a rewrite is in order. What that means is that we get rid of everything not immediately essential, then slowly rebuild to meet our needs. This isn’t the same as a full revolution, where you rewrite the entire government, not just the bureaucracy (I.e. get rid of Congress, Supreme Court, executive branch and replace them with something new).
- nielsbot 1y ago
  The government is not software, so not sure what you mean by "tech debt" here. Maybe you're conflating the complexity of our laws with the amount of bureaucracy we have. If the problem you your thinking is the amount of bureaucracy, what's your specific complaint? It costs too much? Nothing gets done? There's wasteful spending?

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Do you have an ideal version of the US government? Just wondering what you think should be cut vs kept.

by nielsbot 1y ago

Do you have an ideal version of the US government? Just wondering what you think should be cut vs kept.

msgodel 1y ago
[flagged]
- searine 1y ago
  Instead of cutting cancer research or Nasa, maybe tax the rich? Wild idea, I know.
  - msgodel 1y ago
    Tariffs are a tax on luxury consumption so he's doing that too. And once again people are mad and trying to cut off their nose to spite their face.
    - searine 1y ago
      Tariffs are a tax on the poor.
      - msgodel 1y ago
        [flagged]
        searine 1y ago
        Blanket tarrifs can't be avoided. Even limited to "luxuries", which they're not, will still include necessities for a modern productive society. Hobbling the workforce is not a plan for success. It is robbery by the oligarch class.
    - TimorousBestie 1y ago
      It’s true that one can design tariffs to target luxury consumption specifically, and that’s been done in the past. That’s not what is being done by this admin, however. AI-generated tariff rates on 2-letter ISO country codes are not targeted in any meaningful sense.
noworriesnate 1y ago
The way I think about it is this: the bureaucracy of the federal government has accumulated so much tech debt over the years that a rewrite is in order. What that means is that we get rid of everything not immediately essential, then slowly rebuild to meet our needs. This isn’t the same as a full revolution, where you rewrite the entire government, not just the bureaucracy (I.e. get rid of Congress, Supreme Court, executive branch and replace them with something new).
- nielsbot 1y ago
  The government is not software, so not sure what you mean by "tech debt" here. Maybe you're conflating the complexity of our laws with the amount of bureaucracy we have. If the problem you your thinking is the amount of bureaucracy, what's your specific complaint? It costs too much? Nothing gets done? There's wasteful spending?