Brooke Rollins
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Exactly. Yes, that's the goal. The same with the food stamps. I mean, talk about 80% of the USDA budget is food stamps. Our goal needs to be moving people into a life of work filled with dignity where they don't need those programs anymore versus the last administration trying to get as many people into those programs as possible.
Exactly. Yes, that's the goal. The same with the food stamps. I mean, talk about 80% of the USDA budget is food stamps. Our goal needs to be moving people into a life of work filled with dignity where they don't need those programs anymore versus the last administration trying to get as many people into those programs as possible.
Our goal is to move them off of programs because they have a good, well-paying job and they don't need that anymore.
Our goal is to move them off of programs because they have a good, well-paying job and they don't need that anymore.
Exactly. No one wants a handout. I think that's what a lot of people don't understand. So effectuating on that is really important.
Exactly. No one wants a handout. I think that's what a lot of people don't understand. So effectuating on that is really important.
Yeah. And it's like all my dreams have come true. You know, I'll never forget when the president came down the escalator in 2015, and he was talking about, for every one new regulation, we're gonna get rid of two. And I thought, are you kidding me? For the first time? Are we making deregulation fun and sexy? Like, I've been talking about this in Texas, and no one wanted to talk about it, right?
Yeah. And it's like all my dreams have come true. You know, I'll never forget when the president came down the escalator in 2015, and he was talking about, for every one new regulation, we're gonna get rid of two. And I thought, are you kidding me? For the first time? Are we making deregulation fun and sexy? Like, I've been talking about this in Texas, and no one wanted to talk about it, right?
Even Republicans, like, oh, you know, we can never get rid of, once government's there, we just have to make it better. And Donald Trump 10 years ago started talking about it, made it a thing. The first year of Trump won for every one new regulation, 22 win. The next year it was 17, the next year 13, I think, and then by the end, because it got a little bit harder to find them.
Even Republicans, like, oh, you know, we can never get rid of, once government's there, we just have to make it better. And Donald Trump 10 years ago started talking about it, made it a thing. The first year of Trump won for every one new regulation, 22 win. The next year it was 17, the next year 13, I think, and then by the end, because it got a little bit harder to find them.
But still, it wasn't two to one. Our average was like 10 to one in the first Trump administration. Well, then you add on Elon Musk.
But still, it wasn't two to one. Our average was like 10 to one in the first Trump administration. Well, then you add on Elon Musk.
and his team of geniuses who normally would never even think about being in government, not that they wouldn't want to, but they wouldn't even begin to know how, you combine that with this idea that we're returning power to the people, we're downsizing government, we are not in charge, we're not here for the people to serve us like some monarchy, we're here to serve the people.
and his team of geniuses who normally would never even think about being in government, not that they wouldn't want to, but they wouldn't even begin to know how, you combine that with this idea that we're returning power to the people, we're downsizing government, we are not in charge, we're not here for the people to serve us like some monarchy, we're here to serve the people.
And that's a fundamental shift in the way we're thinking in the federal government, and then to add Elon on. So actually right after our cabinet meeting, maybe even right before a couple hours ago, I guess the news reports were saying, oh, he's headed back to do his business. I pulled him aside and I said, I hope this isn't true. This country needs you and your team forever.
And that's a fundamental shift in the way we're thinking in the federal government, and then to add Elon on. So actually right after our cabinet meeting, maybe even right before a couple hours ago, I guess the news reports were saying, oh, he's headed back to do his business. I pulled him aside and I said, I hope this isn't true. This country needs you and your team forever.
And to see now the states begin to add their own doges. This is how we save America. This is how we protect the country.
And to see now the states begin to add their own doges. This is how we save America. This is how we protect the country.
Exactly. And hopefully, we make it so powerful and get the people so involved that even the Democrats can't roll it back, that this is the long-term plan for the country.
Exactly. And hopefully, we make it so powerful and get the people so involved that even the Democrats can't roll it back, that this is the long-term plan for the country.