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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,503 posts)
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 07:26 PM Oct 2023

Vivek Ramaswamy vows to shut down FBI, IRS and more if elected president

Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy has unveiled a sweeping plan to shut down federal agencies, including the FBI, and cut more than a million federal jobs, should he win the presidency.

Federal agencies shutdown: Ramaswamy first unveiled his plan during a town hall at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics back in July and then at a speech at the America First Policy Institute in Washington on Sept. 13. The 38-year-old businessman outlined a radical vision to significantly reduce the size and influence of the federal government.

His initial proposal included shutting down five federal agencies, namely the FBI, the Department of Education, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service. He said he intends to slash the federal workforce by half in his first year as president and further reduce it by 75% during his first term.

Challenging the “deep state”: Ramaswamy reiterated his plan to abolish federal agencies at the California Republican Party Fall Convention in Anaheim on Saturday. Ramaswamy also pledged to shut down the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/vivek-ramaswamy-vows-shut-down-203641487.html

Well that's sure to be a winner Ramadamadingdong.

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Vivek Ramaswamy vows to shut down FBI, IRS and more if elected president (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2023 OP
Every crook will have free reign to do whatever he or she likes bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #1
Another Putin puppet vlyons Oct 2023 #2
Making America safe for criming again. nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2023 #3
Have to wonder what crimes he has committed? LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #4
Ones that involve the FBI and IRS Lithos Oct 2023 #8
In other words he's look for chumps he can grift from. chowder66 Oct 2023 #5
Such bullshit. madaboutharry Oct 2023 #6
That's ok. He stands zero chance of being elected president. The_Casual_Observer Oct 2023 #7
Proving once again, you don't need brain cells to rise to the top... kysrsoze Oct 2023 #9
It's the... 2naSalit Oct 2023 #12
Let me know when he polls above 10% BlueIdaho Oct 2023 #10
He's just a one mouthed wrecking crew... 2naSalit Oct 2023 #11
These no good bastards really HATE our country don't they? bluestarone Oct 2023 #13
That's a great slogan. TSExile Oct 2023 #15
Fake candidates can vow anything calguy Oct 2023 #14
This is not a serious person. Frasier Balzov Oct 2023 #16
I'm old enough to remember when Repukes called themselves the "Law & Order" party FakeNoose Oct 2023 #17
Sure guy budkin Oct 2023 #18
Such a smug asshole! Nt ecstatic Oct 2023 #19
90% of your own party doesn't even support you, so, good luck with that Takket Oct 2023 #20
I can't believe anyone seriously supports this guy. marble falls Oct 2023 #21
Could he, or any President, actually PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2023 #22
He is such a dipshit. I bet his own extended family will not vote for him, his wife will have to akbacchus_BC Oct 2023 #23
A Grade A Asshole who will say anything to see what sticks. Bristlecone Oct 2023 #24

bucolic_frolic

(55,044 posts)
1. Every crook will have free reign to do whatever he or she likes
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 07:37 PM
Oct 2023
No place to report crimes, no investigations. No ATF? Bombers delighted.

Ramaswampthing is insane

madaboutharry

(42,033 posts)
6. Such bullshit.
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 07:41 PM
Oct 2023

What this charlatan is describing is the receipe for anarchy and a lawless land like Europe circa 950 A.D.

 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
7. That's ok. He stands zero chance of being elected president.
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 07:44 PM
Oct 2023

He can water time talking all the shit he wants and make himself and anyone connected to him look stupid.

kysrsoze

(6,442 posts)
9. Proving once again, you don't need brain cells to rise to the top...
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 07:51 PM
Oct 2023

in business. You just have to be a selfish asshole.

2naSalit

(102,628 posts)
12. It's the...
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 08:02 PM
Oct 2023

Hot gaseous material which makes noises, which sound like word salad, for the magats to interpret that helps them rise that way.

bluestarone

(22,119 posts)
13. These no good bastards really HATE our country don't they?
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 08:02 PM
Oct 2023

Maybe our chant should be, "IF YOU WANT RUSSIA GO THERE"

calguy

(6,150 posts)
14. Fake candidates can vow anything
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 08:45 PM
Oct 2023

When they have no chance of winning anything besides the title of "former presidential candidate"

FakeNoose

(41,522 posts)
17. I'm old enough to remember when Repukes called themselves the "Law & Order" party
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 09:26 PM
Oct 2023

For you youngsters out there, that was before Richard Nixon.



akbacchus_BC

(5,830 posts)
23. He is such a dipshit. I bet his own extended family will not vote for him, his wife will have to
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 10:23 PM
Oct 2023

though. His chances of being elected President of the USA is -1%. Flipping idiot!!

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