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DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies if elected president (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Florida's Republican governor said he would seek to abolish the departments of Education, Commerce and Energy, as well as the IRS.

"If Congress will work with me on doing that, we'll be able to reduce the size and scope of government," he added. "If Congress won't go that far, I'm going to use those agencies to push back against woke ideology and against the leftism that we see creeping into all institutions of American life."

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Wow. Commerce runs the weather satellites and Energy oversee nukes. Good luck with that.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

reminds me of reagan wanting to give DoE the axe until he figured out they have the nukes lol

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

I hate that man

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Rick Perry too. Then Trump made him the secretary of energy, lol.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I wonder if you asked him which departments oversee that if he wouldn't be able to answer, akin to Rick Perry forgetting what departments he would get rid of...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Not to mention Commerce regulates international trade and enforces sanctions. Most Federal agencies do far more than most people realize.