Posted on 01/27/2017 2:09:53 PM PST by PROCON
President Trump is seeking to slash the number of workers at the Environmental Protection Agency by at least half, leaving it significantly gutted as the administration mulls further cuts, the former head of Trump's EPA transition team said Friday.
"Let's aim for half and see how it works out, and then maybe we'll want to go further," Myron Ebell said now that he has returned to his position as director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Ebell left the Trump transition team a week ago.
Ebell told the Associated Press that Trump is likely to seek significant reductions in the agency's 15,000-person work force. Slashing half of the work force would leave 7,500 at the agency, which would dramatically reduce its capacity to move out regulations quickly.
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I took a nap, woke up and found out that half of the EPA was going away.
Does life get any better than this?
Yes, yes it does!
In two hours or less, I’ll read about something else absolutely brilliant that President Trump has done for us.
No but I am getting stiff from all the grinning ;-)
Lay off half and after they regroup, lay of half of what’s left, and we might be getting into the right ballpark.
If they bitch about it: “Layoffs will continue until morale improves”.
There is the labor for our side of the wall building.
Well.... I guess it’s a good start. Once everyone acknowledges that nothing happened to clean air and clean water, we can cut some more.
We're so glad you're here.
The EPA pooped in the River.
Never too much.
Here come the Schadenboner jokes.
Too much winning.
I now have to renegotiate my rental lease for you guessed it, my SB needs more space.
This is getting ridiculous.
Trump to Cut Clean Air and Clean Water Agency
Women, Children and Minorities Hit Hardest
:-)
Most of them will be under three feet tall then ;)
If he goes the other way, only half of them will be all right:^)
Half is good.
The other half only need to be there long enough to eliminate regs.
One regulation that needs killing is seasonal fuel blend changes.
Cut each EPA employee in half.
I just worry that if they're cut in half there'll be twice as many of them.
I would like Trump to put out an EO telling EPA they shall issue NO MORE regulations.>>>> he already did that across the board.
Bravo, President Trump!
(I hope he gets some rest this weekend—though I think he’s got calls with three world leaders tomorrow.)
This past week, it’s felt like my birthday every day. And each day, there are often multiple awesome presents to open. I feel spoiled.
Bite that, #nevertrumpers.
Good start.
Next year, he can fire the other half.
“... which would dramatically reduce its capacity to move out regulations quickly.”
That’s excellent!
Good start. He should just dump it completely
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