[asdasdsddd]

The president is fascist because he's, checks notes... , relinquishing governmental power by shutting down agencies? I think the only thing people have been habituated to is the enormity of the government; go back to any other point in history, was the government this big in terms of independent agencies, employee/contractor count, budget/debt as percentage of gdp?

Sure the spoils system was bad, but the current iteration where you have hundreds of independent agencies that cannot be fired breathing down your neck with statutory power is fucking insane.

[etchalon]

He's not shutting down agencies to relinquish governmental power.

He's shutting them down to strengthen his own power.

[simianparrot]

Explain how shutting down USAID due to documented fraudulent spending strengthens the president’s power. I can’t think of a single way myself, but maybe I’m overlooking something?

[asdasdsddd]

What power has he gained.

[palmotea]

> The president is fascist because he's, checks notes... , relinquishing governmental power by shutting down agencies?

You do know the president is not supposed to have that power, right? His job is to execute the law, which as currently written requires those agencies to exist.

[asdasdsddd]

Yes and FDR also skirted around constitutionality and even threatened to pack the courts to ram his reforms in. I don't agree with everything the president is doing, but the rail we are going down is just doomed. What is your proposition to stop interest from eating 100% of the federal budget. We just paid 1T of interest, do you think that is going to decelerate?

[afiori]

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[throw10920]

> It is a weird concept for the libertarian mind

"Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes."

"When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names."

"Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[asdasdsddd]

Yes and we managed to do that for 150 years with a fraction of the current government size.