Trump blitzkrieg to drastically downsize US government
The new US president, Donald Trump, has created historic shock with a blitzkrieg to drastically shrink the size of the central government.
That has long been one of the goals of American libertarianism and of the conservatives in Western liberal democracies.
Trump issued, and then almost immediately rescinded, an order to freeze almost all federal expenditures after the resultant chaos and mass opposition to the move.
The blocking of trillions of dollars of Federal funding would have upended the national economy and might be an illegal act against decisions by Congress, but it does reveal the goals of the new administration.
I think it's absolutely absurd, as somebody who's in college and benefits from financial aid and federal grants, I think it's absolutely absurd that he hasn't even been in power for more than two weeks, and he's basically destroying a bunch of people's lives.
American College Student 01
Trump has offered resignation buyouts to 2 million of the nation's 3 million federal employees.
It seems likely that most of these posts would not be replaced, permanently reducing the civil service in a country already infamous for providing few government services to its citizens.
American institutions have already been degrading since the end of the Cold War, there's been a lot of stagnation. So it's definitely going to be a shake-up, but it might be the death knell for America as we know it, or something else I don't know yet.
Member of Public 01
The crisis of the Democratic Party has only worsened. Many members say they have been too overwhelmed by Trump's flurry of moves to properly respond. Trump recently declared his intentions to shatter and replace the post-Great Depression political consensus known as the New Deal.
I wish that we all saw each other as people who deserve nice things and the bare minimum as well. Like FDR's New Deal, and just people having housing, having food, having a job so they can provide for their family, but no, it's just take, take, take, and no one wants to give or care for others.
US Student 01
The New Deal was an effort almost a century ago to forestall socialist inspired changes which were then sweeping the world.
Many Democrats say that Trump underestimates the attachment many citizens have for its limited but necessary social protections for the poor, sick and elderly.
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