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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts) Thu Nov 12, 2015, 10:15 AM Nov 2015

Sam Seder: Ted Cruz Will Cut Every Fed Agency Whose Name He Can Remember

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Sam Seder: Ted Cruz Will Cut Every Fed Agency Whose Name He Can Remember (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Nov 2015 OP

Ted, here's a few acronyms to remember to cut Rogue Democrat Nov 2015 #1

Oh, c'mon, too much thinky-thinking. You sound like philosophers. tclambert Nov 2015 #2

The reason they HATE the Dept of Commerce is simple... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2015 #3

Rogue Democrat

(71 posts)

1. Ted, here's a few acronyms to remember to cut

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Thu Nov 12, 2015, 10:19 AM

Nov 2015

DoD
DEA
NSA
CIA
Homeland Security
DoD
DEA
NSA
CIA
Homeland Security

Cut that to even 1/8th and redirect the funds to more important agencies like Department of Education, Department of Labor, Department of HUD.

tclambert

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2. Oh, c'mon, too much thinky-thinking. You sound like philosophers.

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Thu Nov 12, 2015, 03:05 PM

Nov 2015

Maybe the contempt they have for philosophers explains why he wants to abolish the Department of Edumacation.

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

3. The reason they HATE the Dept of Commerce is simple...

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Thu Nov 12, 2015, 05:09 PM

Nov 2015

It's based on the philosophy that government should have ZERO role in even LOOKING at what business does.

They figure if a restaurant is serving rotten meat than we should let the market solve it. Customers will take their business elsewhere forcing the restaurant to use fresher meat or go out of business.

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