“Moore’s economic worldview envisions a slimmed down government and a rolled back social safety net. He has called for eliminating the Departments of Labor, Energy and Commerce, along with the IRS and the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau. He has questioned the need for both the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Education. He has said there’s no need for a federal minimum wage, called for privatizing the ‘Ponzi scheme’ of Social Security and said those on government assistance lost their dignity and meaning.”
Other notable opinions:
- “We have to eliminate the corporate income tax entirely in my opinion because it is just a millstone around the neck of this economy.”
- “Capitalism is a lot more important than democracy.”
If trump’s hateful budget is a “moral document” that highlights his utter failure, trump’s choice of Moore for the Federal Reserve Board doubles down on anti-American elitism, where the core purpose of the entire country (and the planet) is to facilitate building greater wealth for those who already have enormous wealth.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/3/16/14943748/trump-budget-outline-moral
This is no surprise. It’s the core of Republicon policy, except that they are now openly willing to use authoritarianism to force the transition to an unmistakable oligarchy.
They don’t want a great nation. They want selective great wealth. They don’t want a beneficial government. They want a tool they can use to benefit themselves and protect themselves.