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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With 7 of the 12 richest counties in the US surrounding DC, Trump should work on decentralizing this vulgar concentration of bureaucrat wealth by moving federal agencies to the middle of the country. Example: [b]Dept. of Education to Betsy Devos's hometown of Grand Rapids, Mich[/b]. That alone would lock up Michigan as a red state in 2020.

The agencies can slash bloat and wages in the process (lower cost of living in flyover country), it would be a boom for non-coastal economies, and policies would likely better reflect real America versus insulated coastal elite outlook.[/quote]

Umm, isn't that a prime example of pork barrel politics that Republicans hate?  At the very least if you're going to move agencies you have to move them places where the heads of those agencies won't profit by the move.   Tsk tsk.

Move DOE to the state with terrible test scores, like Mississippi, in the middle of a rural district.  I'm sure Betty De Vos would have no problem with living in Shelby, do you?

Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security are the 3 largest agencies.  Move them to Alabama,  Kansas, and North Dakota.  Rural areas, only. We can't have any of those urban elites profiting from bureaucratic wealth.

Will be tough getting enough contractors there, but they'll just have to move.  If not I guess the government can just hire more federal employees.

Of course the influx of wealthy government bureaucrats might just change the demographics of those states, so you might be careful about what you wish for...[/quote]

It's Trumps world now. Cut up the pie and sell out off to the highest bidder. Let's screw the little people. [/quote]

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