Summary
House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to cut 75% of federal agencies, reducing them from 428 to 99, in collaboration with Elon Muskās āDepartment of Government Efficiencyā (DOGE), led by Vivek Ramaswamy.
Johnsonās agenda includes defunding PBS, Planned Parenthood, and curbing the āadministrative 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.
The Department Of We Already Know What Taxes You Owe But Are Waiting To Punish You For Guessing Wrong On Your Paperwork?
They already donāt go after the wealthy, and they basically never have. At this point the IRS basically just exists to harass the poor and uneducated. A block of wood could come up with a better way for the federal government to collect taxes.
Donāt they want to handle your paperwork for you but are prevented from doing so by laws written, effectively, by Intuit?
Donāt they very much want to tax the rich but are unable to do so because they arenāt given funds sufficient to fight the lawyers employed by the rich?
All conditions ultimately created byā¦ guess who. Exactly why these agencies will not be on the list of outfits eligible to be chopped, which was my point.