Ok. Merry holidays, and happy feast of madness and all that jazz. Holidays are over, and it's a new year. It'd be timely to speak about certain current events, but I said I would finish the Manifesto before anything else and I'll be damned if I don't. So, to recap where we are, I've reformed both houses of Congress and the presidency. But now on to the nitty gritty of what departments we need to keep, and what ones we need to get rid of, as well as some executive powers that would be changed. Like I said in the beginning, this is a revolution; plenty of things are going to change.
First things first, we need to reduce the Cabinet. I know it's popular to say this or that department of cabinet isn't needed, and in some cases that's true. First and foremost, the Department of Homeland Security. They need to go. Next, the Department of Veteran Affairs. It's a important department, no question, but it should be merged with the Department of Defense (which means the DoD can stay). This will make it easier to keep track of information that needs to be shared between departments right now and increase efficiency, something the current VA isn't exactly good with. Health and Human services would also be merged with Housing and Urban development.
Ok, so that's about it for the cabinet that's being eliminated or merged. Now onto the downsizing. Justice will have several agencies removed, namely the DEA and ATF. Education will be downsized and focus more on promoting states to follow certain guide lines and areas of education rather than having a direct hand in the matter.
While we're at it, might as well specify what should be cut from the military. All overseas bases except Diego Garcia should be shut down and sold off as surplus. In fact, we should surplus off everything we don't use or have an interest in using. Great way to boost revenues. Active duty Army gets cut down to a lean 250,000 over 12 years, with 750,000 as active reserves. Air Force can get rid of the F-35 disaster and drop about 25% of their combat air craft total. The Navy would receive the fewest cuts, but still I'd chop off 3 whole carrier groups and put another into reserve status. The Marine Corps would be dropped to about 75,000 active duty with another 175,000 as active reserves.
These are the big sweeping cuts that should be made. Obviously there is a great deal more when one delves into the minutia of it all, and plenty more to cut from everything. But even just ONE of these changes would show serious interest in a better, leaner, more efficient government.
NOTE: I apologize for the lateness of this update, I've very busy and not the least bit burnt out on writing and creating. I've decided to take a different approach to the rest of the manifesto. In short, updates will now be a mix of whatever I feel like writing about again.
