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Great Ideas to FIX Washington DC

youhavetofixitA commenter over at The Deplorable Climate Science Blog offered a well thought out list of changes for Federal agencies after January 20th. This suggested shakeup would re-focus the responsibilities of many agencies move others under different departments, and eliminate others. It’s so brilliant I’m sharing the entire comment with you.

GeologyJim
January 11, 2017 at 5:26 am

A couple of thoughts about the coming Trump administration –

Sec. Commerce candidate Wilbur Ross should announce on Day One that NOAA has nothing to do with the mission of Commerce (economic development) and will be abolished. Data collection activities shall be transferred to Dept Interior.

Ross should further announce that the Coast Guard has nothing to do with the mission of Commerce and that activities related to coastal security (only) shall be transferred to Dept of Defense – the rest of activities to be abolished.

Sec Defense candidate Mattis, at direction of President Trump, should announce that NASA will be included in Department of Defense, with the singular mission of solar system exploration. No more atmospheric crap – that will belong exclusively to NOAA under Interior.

At direction of President Trump, several agencies (EPA, DOI, FWS, and others) should announce that environmental regulations shall be transferred to the sovereign states, with local control of matters pertaining to chemistry of flowing surface water, chemistry of the air, policies regarding plant and animal species, as well as hunting and fishing as at present)

EPA Director candidate Scott Pruitt should categorically declare that CO2 is not a pollutant and establish a mandatory series of debates regarding the “physics” of atmospheric chemistry to be presided over by engineers over the age of 60. Evidence shall be limited to demonstrable measurements – no models, no appeals to future “calamities”. This could make great TV.

Of course, the “Clean Water Plan” and the “Clean Air Plan” must be thoroughly contested and repudiated in court, with arguments founded in measurements, not models.

Dept Interior needs to be restructured to focus on investigation of the nations geology and hydrology, natural hazards, and management of public lands (Parks, Forests, BLM, etc) for the benefit of all (not just recreationists). That means resource development. Forest lands need to be administered by Interior, not Agriculture, and fire management should be transferred to the states through regional collaborations.

Bugs, bunnies, newts, fungi, shrubs, fish, gnats, and all should be studied by the Smithsonian and only regulated at the state level, very minimally.

Hmmmm, oh yes, let’s just abolish the Dept Education and leave the money in the states (duh!).

Must abolish unionization of TSA employees, largely by abolishing the agency and passing air security over to the airlines with blanket authority to control airplane access to them – absolutely. If you look squidgy, you don’t get to fly. Period. Profiling? you bet! That’s what every common-sense person does in their daily lives. Works for the Israelis.

Abolish unions for all public sector employees – period. FDR knew the danger and, on this point, he was absolutely right.

And categorically scuttle all energy efficiency/sustainability/climate concern bullsh!t from all Dept Defense programs (in particular), and in most all other govt programs.

Focus on things that work today

Could say more, but let’s start the conversation

 

You heard the man. Start the conversation.

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