This is a common theme in Republican administrations dating back to presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. What you do is you break the government, make it very hard for the government to function, and then you loudly announce that the government can’t do anything.
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… or who jealously guard their resources and autonomy at the expense of national security and sound policy development. … or who jealously guard their resources and autonomy at the expense of national security and sound policy development. … - page 51
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… employees seems an obvious way to reduce the overall expense of the civil service, and many prior Administrations … employees seems an obvious way to reduce the overall expense of the civil service, and many prior Administrations … - page 77
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