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DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies [the Departments of Education, Commerce, and Energy, and the IRS] if elected president (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 3 years ago* by alyaza@beehaw.org [M] to c/politics@beehaw.org

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the race to the right continues for US Republicans

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[–] Domiku@beehaw.org 8 points 3 years ago

Step 1: defund government agencies
Step 2: point to “how poorly the government runs”
Step 3: campaign on the platform that big government is bad
Step 4: repeat until the world is a fireball

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[–] SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Does he even know what Energy does or is he add ignorant as Rick Perry?

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[–] alyaza@beehaw.org [S] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

this almost certainly falls into a weird middle ground of "virtue signal that even he knows is not realistic, but which also speaks to the legitimate opinion of many Republican voters and elites probably including himself". DeSantis is many things--but ignorant is not one of them.

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[–] SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago

Oh he's definitely in the virtue signaling end of his business. He keeps pushing laws that he knows damn well are unconstitutional but they sure rile the base.

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[–] fizgigtiznalkie@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

So without the IRS why would anyone pay taxes and then how would the country continue to exist?

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[–] reric88@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago

He would probably just pull a Comcast and rename the IRS to something catchier but more invasive to the lesser communities

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[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago

Have you read any of the Shadowrun series of books where everything is controlled by mega corporations with their own private armies and pseudo slavery?

Yea... That.

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[–] HobbitFoot 2 points 3 years ago

Ah, free money for people who vote for DeSantis.

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