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Solly Mack

(90,740 posts)
16. Trump is attempting to dismantle the "administrative state" and Paul is all on board with that.
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 05:36 PM
Jul 2018

Administrative state agencies include the EPA, the CDC, the USDA among other regulations and oversight that keep Americans safe...or did, before Trump. (and others)


Donald Trump is presiding over the most withering, devastating, and trenchant attack on the American administrative state this nation has ever known

he administrative state, a pillar of modern American government, is tasked with making and enforcing economic and environmental regulations, designing and running social welfare programs, fighting crime and corruption, providing for the national defense and so much more.

Yet, in a little more than nine months, Trump has taken aim and hit his bull’s-eye. Far from the public’s gaze, he’s rescinded, rolled backed, and reversed countless environmental, labor, education, transportation, food and drug, and consumer protection rules and regulations.

Cast largely as liberty enhancing, these deregulatory efforts endanger the safety, health, and welfare of all Americans, not to mention a good deal of the rest of the world who depend on the United States to do its part to combat global warming, banking and securities fraud, and worker exploitation.

At the same time, Trump is vilifying the professional bureaucracy, that vast community of apolitical, career officials whose work it is to design, administer, and demand compliance with administrative regulations—and who are, by congressional design and longstanding practice, well positioned to question and challenge the directives of an abusive, impulsive, or simply hyperpartisan president.







Agencies under the "administrative state".


Administrative Conference of the United States
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Central Intelligence Agency
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Congressional Budget Office
Congressional Research Service
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Drug Enforcement Administration
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Election Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Federal Insurance Office
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal Trade Commission
Financial Stability Oversight Council
Food and Drug Administration
Institute of Education Sciences
Internal Revenue Service
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Center for Education Statistics
National Credit Union Administration
National Labor Relations Board
National Recovery Administration
National Security Agency
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
Office of Financial Research
Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities Investor Protection Corporation
Transportation Security Administration
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Department of the Treasury
U.S. Department of Transportation
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
U.S. Energy Information Administration
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
U.S. Federal Reserve System
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. General Services Administration
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Government Accountability Office
U.S. Government Publishing Office
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
U.S. Mission to the United Nations
U.S. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
U.S. Office of Management and Budget
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
U.S. Small Business Administration
U.S. Social Security Administration
United States Civil Service Commission


This is a train wreck mcar Jul 2018 #1
Paul continues to interrupt Blitzer. He's a propagandizing machine. oasis Jul 2018 #7
He's not answering the fucking question BumRushDaShow Jul 2018 #2
Big mouth deflecting and Gish galloping, ala Kellyanne. oasis Jul 2018 #9
He has always been on another planet... BlueJac Jul 2018 #3
I'm sending Paul's neighbor some chocolates and plenty espresso coffee. oasis Jul 2018 #10
Rand Paul must be dirty and in Putin's back pocket too. skylucy Jul 2018 #4
The Russians must have tapes on this guy too. oasis Jul 2018 #11
Rand wants to be president and knows the fastest express route Blue_Tires Jul 2018 #5
I think we should allow him to be president of his cell block! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2018 #6
Kentuckians aren't so dumb as to stay behind such an outright tool. oasis Jul 2018 #13
Paul took off his earpiece without any acknowledgement of Wolf as oasis Jul 2018 #8
Are you proud Kentucky Teabaggers? Boomerproud Jul 2018 #12
They have their limits. Paul's defense of Russia today is the beginning oasis Jul 2018 #15
Kentuckians can do something about Paul's traitorous behavior. greatlaurel Jul 2018 #14
Rand has taken an indefensible position. When all of the Russia facts oasis Jul 2018 #18
Trump is attempting to dismantle the "administrative state" and Paul is all on board with that. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #16
Paul has painted himself in a corner with this Blitzer interview. oasis Jul 2018 #19
That would be good. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #20
Cavuto gave him some nice softball questions to salve his soul. progressoid Jul 2018 #17
So Paul bounced over to Fox News? Too late. His pro Russia comments oasis Jul 2018 #21
Might have happened before Leslie's show. progressoid Jul 2018 #22
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