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Re:U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice by dragonwriter on Monday February 05, 2018 @10:51AM (#16309502)
Well, in Mulvaney’s other job n the administration, he's also advocated CFPB be disbanded, so when he talks about understanding the job, it's about understanding how to dismantle it entirely, not how to do it effectively.
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Re:U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice by sangnoir on Monday February 05, 2018 @01:03PM (#16310599)
Same story at the EPA and other agencies. I believe the agenda was summarized as "deconstruction of the administrative state".
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Re:U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice by jorblumesea on Monday February 05, 2018 @01:52PM (#16310983)
I mean, scaling back or disbanding the federal government has been the GOP's dream for the past 50 years. It also strengthens the argument that "government doesn't work" because they made government not work.

People blame Trump but this has been a conservative agenda item for decades.

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Re:U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice by nkassis on Monday February 05, 2018 @04:24PM (#16312330)
Trump did appointed some of loudest voices against those departments to lead them so he's pretty much responsible.
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Re:U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice by jorblumesea on Monday February 05, 2018 @05:18PM (#16312768)
Trump is just parroting fox and friends, which is basically how the government works now apparently. Fox -> Trump -> Fox
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Re:U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice by Crontab on Monday February 05, 2018 @01:27PM (#16310796)
Agreed. The only thing Trump didn't do was appoint a pacifist as Secretary of Defense.
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Re:U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice by chaostheory on Monday February 05, 2018 @12:22PM (#16310292)
outsidetheparty can correct me, but I feel that outsidetheparty forgot to end their comment with a /s
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Re:U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice by outsidetheparty on Monday February 05, 2018 @01:40PM (#16310872)
No, no, it's absolutely true: literally every time I personally have been put in charge of a major department or agency, the very first thing I do is just, you know, lock the doors for a month or so. Let the place have a good airing out. Everyone can come back to the office fresh once I've had a good look around, picked my chair, found out where the best coffee machine is... you know how it is
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Re:U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice by asciimo on Monday February 05, 2018 @12:49PM (#16310490)
My sarcasm detection browser extension predicts 96% probability of sarcasm in the comment.
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Re:U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice by chaostheory on Monday February 05, 2018 @01:34PM (#16310829)
Sure, I don't doubt your ability but have you read the responses? It doesn't seem like they realize it was sarcasm.
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