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Americas Dismantling Begins According to the Trump Heritage (Koch) Blueprint
. . .It is noteworthy, and not a revelation to this column, that all of the proposed cuts, privatization, eliminations, and subsequent job losses “hew closely to a Heritage Foundation blueprint published earlier in the year.” In fact, it is safe to say that the teabagger-run (Jim DeMint) belief tank has not only furnished staff for Trump’s transition team, they selected his cabinet and agency heads and will be the de facto domestic budget and policy authority in Trump’s administration; Trump and even Pence are simply figureheads for the real power behind America’s dismantling.
That authority lies with the Kochs and their neo-con cohort running the Heritage Foundation. Remember, it was a portent of Trump’s intent as CEO of make America great that he had no interest in leading when he said back in March that he would authorize the religious conservatives at the Heritage Foundation to nominate the “right kind of” replacement for deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Two of the agencies facing major ‘downsizing’ are those the Koch brothers called for abolishing thirty years ago. The departments of Commerce and Energy are going to see nothing less than “major cuts in funding” with most programs under their jurisdiction either being eliminated or “transferred” to other agencies” that are also in line for either drastic funding cuts or elimination. Obviously any department or program involved with enforcement or writing of regulations will be summarily eliminated.
Clinging closely to the many, many agencies and departments the libertarian Koch brothers have wanted abolished for over thirty years, the Heritage Foundation also plans very significant cuts and a significant number of programs completely eliminated at the departments of Transportation, Justice and State depending on how badly and quickly the Koch brothers want them deleted out of existence.
That authority lies with the Kochs and their neo-con cohort running the Heritage Foundation. Remember, it was a portent of Trump’s intent as CEO of make America great that he had no interest in leading when he said back in March that he would authorize the religious conservatives at the Heritage Foundation to nominate the “right kind of” replacement for deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Two of the agencies facing major ‘downsizing’ are those the Koch brothers called for abolishing thirty years ago. The departments of Commerce and Energy are going to see nothing less than “major cuts in funding” with most programs under their jurisdiction either being eliminated or “transferred” to other agencies” that are also in line for either drastic funding cuts or elimination. Obviously any department or program involved with enforcement or writing of regulations will be summarily eliminated.
Clinging closely to the many, many agencies and departments the libertarian Koch brothers have wanted abolished for over thirty years, the Heritage Foundation also plans very significant cuts and a significant number of programs completely eliminated at the departments of Transportation, Justice and State depending on how badly and quickly the Koch brothers want them deleted out of existence.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/20/americas-dismantling-begins-trump-heritage-blueprint.html
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