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Trump's Unintended Consequences: The Unmasking of the Deep State

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-08-09 03:06|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Maybe Trump did intend to unmask the Deep State. His speeches prior to the election seemed to indicate that he grasped the DS.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-08-09 07:03|| 2017-08-09 07:03|| Front Page Top

#2 He probably had to pay off lots of the DS to do his line of business.
What unites the "deep state" is their sense of entitlement to other peoples money in reutrn for their "enlightened rule".
AKA NPD

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-08-09 07:09|| 2017-08-09 07:09|| Front Page Top

#3 He probably had to pay off lots of the DS to do his line of business.

Phrased a bit differently, but I believe he said as much at one or two points in his campaign.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-08-09 07:13|| 2017-08-09 07:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Repeal the Civil Service Act, period. There was an article a couple of days ago that stipulated that in pay and benefits, the GS system pays better than the citizenry. The long abandoned concept was a modest pay and modest retirement but job guarantees. Now they get good pay, good retirement and job guarantee. What's there not to like, except if you are a taxpayer stuck with the bill and no way to hold the bureaucracy accountable. Put the burden directly upon your elected officials.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-08-09 09:25|| 2017-08-09 09:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Civil service act gets canned and outlaw unions for government workers.

Then trim down all agencies by 75%. Solve most issues right there.

Posted by DarthVader 2017-08-09 11:16|| 2017-08-09 11:16|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 Civil service act gets canned and outlaw unions for government workers.
Then trim down all agencies by 75%. Solve most issues right there. Yes to all three but I doubt these will ever be rolled back except for trimming back the agencies.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-08-09 11:48|| 2017-08-09 11:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Since he is attacked constantly this would probably be the best time to make those three changes. Let the Democrats go into the elections promising gravy for the bureaucrats and see how far they get.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-08-09 13:27|| 2017-08-09 13:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Once our courts start imposing taxes / confiscating public funds to fund pension plans of unionized public workers, the outlawing of public worker unions will follow in rather short order. Probably not until then.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-08-09 15:52|| 2017-08-09 15:52|| Front Page Top

#9 "Deep State" is hard to define, because it is composed of overlapping groups and individuals with complex and differing agendas.

All however, share a common denominator....POWER !

Posted by Besoeker 2017-08-09 15:55|| 2017-08-09 15:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Anyone remember the OPM hack?

Seems to me that anyone who was in the system at that time is, by definition, a security risk.

Start by letting those people go.

Posted by charger 2017-08-09 20:00|| 2017-08-09 20:00|| Front Page Top

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