My concern is that he will get approval to add the ERS, but not to abolish the IRS and then we will be taxed even more than we already are.
The answer to our problems isn't a different kind of tax (although I would prefer tariffs to income and inheritance taxes). Nothing will be fixed until we massively gut government spending and regulation and I'm not seeing that coming from Trump or Congress.
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Creating a new agency rather than consolidating existing agencies can only ensure more, not less, government spending and reach.
DOGE and ERS would be performing functions the federal government has already designated to OPM and Commerce (and CBP). The proposals so far don't eliminate what is in place, they new entities would work "alongside" the existing ones.
Note, both OPM and Commerce can shift easily at the whims of the Administration. They are not like the military or State department with deeply entrenched civil servants.
None of this sounds efficient to me but I do understand why it is inspiring hope because it sounds different than what past Presidents have said.
Note, even consolidation can be disastrous. See DHS.
