Bureaucrats Control the Show

American Thinker ^ | 30 Mar, 2023 | Ben Madison

[MtnClimber]

I would bet that 95% of bureaucRATs are democRATs.

[mewzilla]

From 1963...

Bureaucracy Kills: A Lesson from Rome

[linMcHlp]

H.R.4366 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4366

This bill provides FY2024 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It also extends several expiring programs and authorities, including several public health programs.

Specifically, the bill includes 6 of the 12 regular FY2024 appropriations bills:

• the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024;
• the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024;
• the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024;
• the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024;
• the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024; and
• the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024.

The bill also modifies the Compacts of Free Association that govern the relationship between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

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[mewzilla]

It’s called Deep State for good reason.

[mewzilla]

Per the BLS from its monthly employmemt report for February that was released three weeks ago...

“Government employment rose by 52,000 in February, about the same as the prior 12-month
average gain (+53,000). Over the month, employment continued to trend up in local
government, excluding education (+26,000) and federal government (+9,000).”

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

[VRW Conspirator]

When Biden says, “ We have to save Democracy.” Put on your Democrat decoder ring and you can see what he is really saying:

“We have to save the Bureaucracy.”

[mewzilla]

Deep State über alles.

[PGalt]

“He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance” - Declaration of Independence

[PGalt]

Thanks. BUMP!

[No name given]

You’re probably right.

[No name given]

Indeed.

[No name given]

That’s true.

[SauronOfMordor]

A president needs Senate consent for not just cabinet secretaries, but also many layers of under-secretaries. Trump finished his term with only a fraction of his picks getting approved.

We need far fewer jobs needing approval, plus the ability to fire people.

The bureaucracy will not obey someone who cannot fire and replace them.

[waterhill]

I’m getting old. We should break them on the wheel, disembowel them and hang them.

[SauronOfMordor]

List of the 1400 positions needing Senate confirmation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_positions_filled_by_presidential_appointment_with_Senate_confirmation

[mewzilla]

We need our republic restored.

[PGalt]

https://www.usa.gov/agency-index

[mewzilla]

Check out what NYC just announced, $15 and up tolls to enter the city...

Congestion Pricing NYC.

And check out what gets exempted.

Truly Deep State über Alles.

[SauronOfMordor]

The Republic is not a republic as long as thousands of little emperors can do as they please and cannot be fired.

We have the federal courts in real control, because the president cannot fire a disobedient bureaucrat, but a judge can put him in jail for defying a judge’s order.

Back in Andrew Jackson’s time, it was expected that an incoming president would fire much of the senior bureaucrats and replace them with his own people.

The Deep State depends on stability.