Drain the swamp? Yes, 61% of voters say – Washington Examiner
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Drain the swamp? Yes, 61% of voters say
Promises from President-elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to make drastic cuts in spending and the costly federal bureaucracy are getting a big thumbs-up from voters.
With support from a majority of black voters, Hispanics, and independents, the latest Rasmussen Reports survey shared with Secrets on Wednesday found that 61% approve of cutting the size of the federal government.
Among Republicans, 82% support new cuts.
Trump ran on promises to “drain the swamp” and eliminate costly regulations, though he was hard to pin down on cutting spending.
Johnson has promised to “drastically cut back the size and scope of government” and “create a leaner, faster and more vigorous federal workforce.”
And for the first time, there will be a group aimed at cutting government waste, the “Department of Government Efficiency,” set up by Trump and led by business titans Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
Tackling the federal bureaucracy has been a longtime goal of Republicans, going all the way back to former President Ronald Reagan’s first term in the early 1980s. Despite promises, the government instead has grown and become more expensive than ever.
The public, however, has said in polls that Washington is less effective.
Trump will enter office in under two weeks promising to cut or eliminate the Department of Education and trim several federal agencies, especially those that are duplicative.
Voters told Rasmussen that while they want cuts, they expect the swamp to win in the end.
According to the survey, By a margin of 49%-44%, voters expect Congress won’t OK cuts.
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On Tuesday, Reps. Eric Burlison (R-MO) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) offered a plan to eliminate the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The plan has been offered in the past and ignored, but Burlison said the goal is to get people to openly consider killing ATF.
“I think it’s important to have the conversation,” Burlison told Secrets. “At the end of the day, a topic like this, the more you talk about it, the more you educate people, the more commonsense it becomes, and then eventually, there becomes a tipping point where you can finally achieve the goal.”
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