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I think I am Starting to Understand [1]
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Date: 2025-02-12
Okay.
Without getting into a lot of detail and quoting the Constitution, let’s go over this.
Judicial maintains the guardrails on the other two branches.
Legislative votes in laws that establish programs, and that branch also establishes the taxes to pay for the programs.
Executive carries out the programs I just mentioned.
Now, to carry out all the programs, the Executive branch has millions of workers.
The US Army alone has nearly one million workers.
en.wikipedia.org/…
So, in recent times, what is the other side complaining about?
What do they want to change, exactly?
static.project2025.org/…
I skimmed over that Project 2025 just a little bit (I spent a fair amount of time in my skimming, but it is such a lengthy document, the total pages I looked at was only a tiny part of it).
Seems to me, it is proposing radical changes to all those millions of workers in the Executive branch.
As far as I know, for all my lifetime, (I was born in 1955) each new administration makes small changes, not radical changes.
Seems to me, there is no debate about a new administration making changes.
But rather, the reasonable Americans want small, thoughtful changes.
Not radical changes.
I just recently saw this:
This is Musk trying to explain our government.
He is correct that the millions of workers in the Executive are not elected.
They are all just like him, invited or appointed by an elected President.
He is correct that the Trump administration will make changes, as all new administrations do.
He apparently does not understand what I wrote above:
Seems to me, there is no debate about a new administration making changes. But rather, the reasonable Americans want small, thoughtful changes. Not radical changes.
Not radical changes.
Not clearing out millions of Federal workers and suddenly replacing them all with newbies.
Do we want everyone in the Army, for example, fired and replaced with newbies?
Please tell me in the comments:
Do you think I have this about right?
Thank you, in advance.
Hey!
One more point:
We, the voters, can make a rather radical change next year.
We can flip every red seat in the House, and many red Senate seats as well.
www.dailykos.com/…
In that diary, I tried to copy and paste the names of every Republican in the House.
I got worn out and stopped at about halfway through.
I got as far as Nebraska.
I plan to post more names next week.
Of course, you can go look for yourselves:
en.wikipedia.org/… (House)
en.wikipedia.org/… (Senate)
Well, once again, post a comment telling me if your think I am on the right track, getting closer to a clear assessment of our situation.
Thank you in advance.
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