That is one way to destroy the United States
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I don't understand the end game here. I understand corporations trying to get more control, but you have less money and power if you're just ruling over ashes.
What is he talking about? Department of Energy? They do all our nukes bro...
He wants to make America into Gilead, waiting for him to announce he intends to create the department of Christianity.
Asked how he would replace the existing tax structure, DeSantis said he has “supported all of the single-rate proposals," referring to a flat tax.
A flat tax, a.k.a. taxing the people who can least afford it rather than the people who can most easily afford it. Cartoon villain shit.
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He wants to make America into Gilead, waiting for him to announce he intends to create the department of Christianity.
Asked how he would replace the existing tax structure, DeSantis said he has “supported all of the single-rate proposals," referring to a flat tax.
A flat tax, a.k.a. taxing the people who can least afford it rather than the people who can most easily afford it. Cartoon villain shit.
Only four?
Seem a very conservative number coming from him
This coming from the prince of unintended consequences.
Ah yes. The covert libertarian, though he doesn't want to join the libertarian party, because then he won't get votes, but much like Trump he'd rather co-opt the republican party, and that's through coercion, threats and populism, all while it's candidates are raking in the dough from super PACs and special backroom deals.
The GOP: the party of corrupt cucks.
I mean there is an argument to burning it all down and starting over but this ain't it lmao.
Before everyone starts jumping to conclusions I just want to start by saying Desantis is a toxic douche who I do not and will never support. Please hear me out though.
The worst thing about federal agencies is that the President can control them with Executive Orders. In other words, power granted to these agencies is power granted to whomever the President is.
Getting rid of them does mean that we lose many regulations in the short term but it gives the power back to Congress and the states (yeah I know some states are going to do stupid shit and Congress is going to sit around with their thumbs up their asses and take forever to enact policy to replace it).
Long term getting rid of federal agencies could actually help protect us should another tyrannical President be elected.
If you want an example of why executive power is dangerous just look at what Trump and Ajit Pai did to internet regulation after the FCC was given control of the internet in the name of net neutrality.