House Speaker pledges to ā€˜take a blowtorch to the administrative state and reduce the size and scope of governmentā€™

Summary

House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to cut 75% of federal agencies, reducing them from 428 to 99, in collaboration with Elon Muskā€™s ā€œDepartment of Government Efficiencyā€ (DOGE), led by Vivek Ramaswamy.

Johnsonā€™s agenda includes defunding PBS, Planned Parenthood, and curbing the ā€œadministrative stateā€ through legislation and executive orders under Donald Trump.

Critics warn such cuts would impact jobs, healthcare, and essential services.

Backed by recent Supreme Court rulings limiting agency authority, Johnson and DOGE aim to reduce federal regulations, sparking significant debate over these drastic proposals.

  • LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world
    30Ā·
    21 days ago

    Ah yes the old ā€œgovernment so small they can drown it in a bathtubā€ plan. They want all this cut. But also want to police abortion and trans people. Small but only in the areas they want.

    • GraniteM@lemmy.world
      1Ā·
      19 days ago

      There are people who, disturbed by ā€œbig governmentā€ today and its tendency to curb the advantages they might gain if their competitiveness were allowed free flow, demand ā€œless govern- ment.ā€ Alas, there is no such thing as less government, merely changes in government. If the libertarians had their way, the distant bureaucracy would vanish and the local bully would be in charge. Personally, I prefer the distant bureaucracy, which may not find me, over the local bully, who certainly will. And all historical precedent shows a change to localism to be for the worse.

      ā€”Isaac Asimov, Nice Guys Finish First, collected in The Sun Shines Bright, 1981