A Cabinet of billionaire businessmen with a vested interest in policy reversals...no wonder they'll work for a dollar...make no mistake about it: the reins of the country are in the hands of big business reminiscent of the Gilded Age. Only problem is, public finance doesn't use math the same way a corporation does.
A healthy public/ private balance sheet is derived differently...f'rinstance, there's a public safety component to welfare (desperate people do desperate things); in business that would go under the heading 'goodwill'. Seen through the lens of bootstrap republicanism, welfare enables indolence and is a favorite entitlement target.
Policy decisions can't be judged soley on the basis of efficiency:
government is about people, by definition it has to be inefficient. It's saving grace in the past is that it moves slow, so not too much damage can occur before being noticed and corrected. Because their ideologies and past actions are entirely self-interested, actions by key cabinet posts filled as a result of the Trump whisperers bear relentless scrutiny going forward.
I would love to see come true the argument that these people, at this point in their lives, care about leaving a legacy for the greater good.
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