US Politics Thread

[Federberg]

The good news is that Musk has left DC to tend to his day job.

In other good news, after cancelling the Women's Health Initiative project, HHS has walked that one back, too. It's an important study. Just another in blunders that the Trump appointees have had to reverse. May I suggest thinking things out before you slash them, next time?

I agree with you, but I also understand the sneaky clever rationale with a slash and burn tactic. Quite likely a lot of the cut programmes get reinstated but at least before doing so, the question will be asked... is this really necessary? What are the consequences of not having it? Sadly bureaucracies all of the world are loathe to cut unnecessary programmes so this is often the only way to rid government of redundancies. Please note I'm not really supporting it (the risk of destroying something vital is too dangerous), but there is more sense to it than most would think...