“Deconstruction of the Administrative State” Means Destroying a Lot of Things People Need
The good news: Things are becoming very clear in Washington. Trump’s senior adviser Stephen K. Bannon has explained the rationale behind the cabinet picks, i.e., to destroy those government departments and any regulations that emanate from them. According to Bannon, one of the three most important goals the White House is working towards is the “deconstruction of the administrative state.” (This, of course, confirmed what was obvious to anyone paying even the tiniest bit of attention long before the announcement.)
The bad news: 320 million Americans depend on clean water, breathable air, toxic waste containment, public education, fair labor laws, health and safety regulations, protection from unjust and discriminatory practices, a stable currency, and dozens of other critical governmental functions.
Say goodbye to the country you loved.
I doubt that deconstruction will succeed. When people begin suffering as a result, there will be a 180 degree change away from deconstruction.
Well, that would mean a 180-degree shift away from the ideology of the entire Trump administration (which would completely fine with me, of course).
Those with the least disposable income will suffer from socially beneficial agencies. The fact that agencies used to benefit the military industrial complex are not slated to suffer “deconstruction of the administrative state” reveals this as little more than class warfare.
Craig,
I think you’re getting hysterical.
You have chosen to interpret the term, ““Deconstruction of the administrative state.” in a very extreme sense.
To most, it will simply mean streamlining and making government agencies more accountable, efficient and focused.
In recent years the US federal bureaucracy has expanded immensely. Many agencies have been allowed to expand their activities far beyond the terms of their remit. Some of these agencies have grown so used to having little or no accountability to anyone but themselves. The have become policy makers, not simply policy facilitators.
It will come as a shock for many in these agencies to discover they are accountable to the Executive, Congress and the American people.
If the reforms become excessive, then Congress or the American people will judge the results.
That’s the true meaning of ““deconstructing the administrative state” . Return of the State back to the control of elected representives and the American people, instead of unelected, unaccountable, Washington bureaucrats