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Can increasingly slippery federal bureaucracies be held accountable for their failures? Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) says one way to stop their stonewalling is to start cutting funding every time they fail to answer questions.

But even Massie acknowledges that Republican members of Congress are reluctant to use the power of the purse.

[Source. ](https://amgreatness.com/2024/07/23/massie-restoring-federal-agency-accountability-cut-their-funding) > Can increasingly slippery federal bureaucracies be held accountable for their failures? Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) says one way to stop their stonewalling is to start cutting funding every time they fail to answer questions. > But even Massie acknowledges that Republican members of Congress are reluctant to use the power of the purse.

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[–] • 3 pts

It's not like they need most of that funding. They are administratively top heavy, you could cut at least 50% of admin staff and nothing would change the work outcome.

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They could easily cut 80% and have the same result overall. There are exceptions like agencies that need boots on the ground, but considering most of those agencies have been weaponized against European Americans, they can be cut too.

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Defund all of it and let the states decide which agency functions they'd like to provide.