Post by stiffy1957 on Nov 8, 2024 9:54:36 GMT -6
How is this good?
Or The EPA who keeps regulations to keep corporations from poisoning or envviroment?
Or The FDA to keep themfrom poisoning the consumer without tort.
Less is all less government to profit large busineeses. Nothing great for the american citizen.
www.govexec.com/management/2024/11/agency-agency-look-trumps-plan-overhaul-government/400885/
Veterans Affairs Department
Under Trump, VA expanded its use of private sector health care for veterans through the passage of the MISSION Act. Trump has frequently touted the measure as an expansion of private care on the government’s dime as a key accomplishment in his first term. Biden has continued to implement the law and grow VA’s “community care” program, while also dramatically expanding VA’s internal capacity and coverage.
Project 2025, a policy shop set up by former Trump administration officials from which Trump has tried to distance himself, has called for expanded use of private care. It also said VA should once again seek to identify underutilized facilities to close, an effort Congress authorized in 2018 but killed in 2022 after the Biden administration sought to implement it.
Trump also signed the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act into law, which sought to make it easier to fire poorly performing or malfeasant VA employees. The law subsequently suffered a series of setbacks in federal court and oversight boards, forcing the Biden administration to eventually walk back its use. Trump has also promoted that law and said it provided key authorities for holding employees accountable, though Project 2025 said Congress should sunset the law as the whistleblower protection office it launched has created redundancies.
The group also said the Veterans Benefits Administration should automate and outsource claims processing, as hiring at VBA is too expensive. VBA has processed a record number of claims in recent years.
Internal Revenue Service
President Biden transformed IRS by signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The measure provided $80 billion to the agency over 10 years to beef up enforcement, improve customer service and modernize its technology. Congressional Republicans have sought to revoke that funding ever since, pledging to repurpose that money for other purposes. IRS has added more than 10,000 employees under Biden and Commissioner Danny Werfel, who is in the midst of serving a five-year term, has said he plans to grow that total by another 10,000 to a workforce of more than 100,000.
Werfel has already warned that without an extension of boosted IRS funds, the agency will start issuing separation incentives, furloughs and, as a last resort, layoff notices to employees by 2026. If money is more immediately revoked, that timeline could be expedited. Project 2025 called for Congress to reverse IRS’ hiring spree to prevent it from becoming “much more intrusive” and imposing costs on the American people.
Werfel has boasted that the IRS hiring surge has significantly improved customer service and, by focusing on high-wage and corporate tax cheats, brought in significantly more revenue to the U.S. Treasury.
Health and Human Services Department
Trump has pledged to turn over control of public health agencies to Robert Kennedy Jr., who has consistently espoused conspiracy theories related to vaccines and nutrition. On Wednesday, Kennedy told MSNBC he would “in some categories” clear out civil servants currently serving. He conceded, however, he would not seek to eliminate any offices in cases that would require congressional approval.
Trump has vowed to create a commission of “independent minds” to investigate the root causes of childhood illnesses. He recently said Kennedy can do “whatever he wants” at public health agencies.
Or The EPA who keeps regulations to keep corporations from poisoning or envviroment?
Or The FDA to keep themfrom poisoning the consumer without tort.
Less is all less government to profit large busineeses. Nothing great for the american citizen.
www.govexec.com/management/2024/11/agency-agency-look-trumps-plan-overhaul-government/400885/
Veterans Affairs Department
Under Trump, VA expanded its use of private sector health care for veterans through the passage of the MISSION Act. Trump has frequently touted the measure as an expansion of private care on the government’s dime as a key accomplishment in his first term. Biden has continued to implement the law and grow VA’s “community care” program, while also dramatically expanding VA’s internal capacity and coverage.
Project 2025, a policy shop set up by former Trump administration officials from which Trump has tried to distance himself, has called for expanded use of private care. It also said VA should once again seek to identify underutilized facilities to close, an effort Congress authorized in 2018 but killed in 2022 after the Biden administration sought to implement it.
Trump also signed the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act into law, which sought to make it easier to fire poorly performing or malfeasant VA employees. The law subsequently suffered a series of setbacks in federal court and oversight boards, forcing the Biden administration to eventually walk back its use. Trump has also promoted that law and said it provided key authorities for holding employees accountable, though Project 2025 said Congress should sunset the law as the whistleblower protection office it launched has created redundancies.
The group also said the Veterans Benefits Administration should automate and outsource claims processing, as hiring at VBA is too expensive. VBA has processed a record number of claims in recent years.
Internal Revenue Service
President Biden transformed IRS by signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The measure provided $80 billion to the agency over 10 years to beef up enforcement, improve customer service and modernize its technology. Congressional Republicans have sought to revoke that funding ever since, pledging to repurpose that money for other purposes. IRS has added more than 10,000 employees under Biden and Commissioner Danny Werfel, who is in the midst of serving a five-year term, has said he plans to grow that total by another 10,000 to a workforce of more than 100,000.
Werfel has already warned that without an extension of boosted IRS funds, the agency will start issuing separation incentives, furloughs and, as a last resort, layoff notices to employees by 2026. If money is more immediately revoked, that timeline could be expedited. Project 2025 called for Congress to reverse IRS’ hiring spree to prevent it from becoming “much more intrusive” and imposing costs on the American people.
Werfel has boasted that the IRS hiring surge has significantly improved customer service and, by focusing on high-wage and corporate tax cheats, brought in significantly more revenue to the U.S. Treasury.
Health and Human Services Department
Trump has pledged to turn over control of public health agencies to Robert Kennedy Jr., who has consistently espoused conspiracy theories related to vaccines and nutrition. On Wednesday, Kennedy told MSNBC he would “in some categories” clear out civil servants currently serving. He conceded, however, he would not seek to eliminate any offices in cases that would require congressional approval.
Trump has vowed to create a commission of “independent minds” to investigate the root causes of childhood illnesses. He recently said Kennedy can do “whatever he wants” at public health agencies.
