Gary Johnson: I’d close Dept. of Homeland Security

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September 19, 2016, 07:33 pm
Gary Johnson: I’d close Dept. of Homeland Security



By Mark Hensch



Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson on Monday said he would shutter the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as president.

Johnson’s vow follows bombings incidents in New Jersey and New York over the weekend that injured 29.



“I would,” he told host Neil Cavuto when asked on the Fox Business Network if he would consider closing down the agency. "I think it’s just another layer of bureaucracy. It’s just spending more money than we have to spend.
“Look, we should always be looking for ways to make government more efficient. Why is it that government makes the perfect choices and business doesn’t? Well, business doesn’t and they admit it.”

Johnson, the former GOP governor of New Mexico, said he would have the FBI assume the DHS’s responsibilities.

“Well, it was the merging of 22 separate agencies,” he said of DHS’s creation. "I just think it’s corporate reorg gone bad.

“I would just devolve those agencies back to where they came from in the first place,” Johnson added. "Put the FBI in charge of all this.

“I think we can all recognize the FBI has been around a long time. They have a great reputation. Going forward, this would be FBI-driven.”

Johnson said the DHS has struggled with both its identity and explaining its actions to voters since launching.

“Homeland Security, what do they really do?” he asked. "Why are there armed Homeland Security agents walking the streets now?

“Why are those black, unmarked vehicles Homeland Security? What do they do? I just think the morale is low within the Department of Homeland Security and nobody knows really what they do.”

A homemade bomb struck New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood late last Saturday, injuring 29 people there.

Another explosion rocked a charity race route in Seaside Park, N.J. earlier the same day, raising fears about coordinated terrorism.

Police on Monday took Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, into custody for questioning about his role in the incidents in both states.

Rahami has since also been charged with five counts of attempted murder following a shootout before his apprehension in Linden, N.J.

Gary Johnson: I’d close Dept. of Homeland Security


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“I would,” he told host Neil Cavuto when asked on the Fox Business Network if he would consider closing down the agency. "I think it’s just another layer of bureaucracy. It’s just spending more money than we have to spend.

“Look, we should always be looking for ways to make government more efficient. Why is it that government makes the perfect choices and business doesn’t? Well, business doesn’t and they admit it.”"

He is right
 

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“I would,” he told host Neil Cavuto when asked on the Fox Business Network if he would consider closing down the agency. "I think it’s just another layer of bureaucracy. It’s just spending more money than we have to spend.

“Look, we should always be looking for ways to make government more efficient. Why is it that government makes the perfect choices and business doesn’t? Well, business doesn’t and they admit it.”"

He is right

You realize they reorganized them to do just that right...
 

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So no Coast Guard, FEMA, or Secret Service to protect his ass when people try to murk him when he gives more power to corporations?

Vote Libertarian brehs :heh:
:russ: I was thinking the same thing I was like arent the coast guard secret service etc under that dept did a quick google search to be sure this shyt sounds insane :what:
 

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Those departments were merged due to the passage of reactionary legislation after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Why are you pretending like the existence of DHS is a self-evidently good idea? You're old enough to know better.

It's not like you're going to get rid of the individual agencies, they serve a purpose right?


Why specifically is the idea of DHS bad? Spare me any bs.


The theory is sound.
 

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It's not like you're going to get rid of the individual agencies, they serve a purpose right?


Why specifically is the idea of DHS bad? Spare me any bs.


The theory is sound.

That's a complete non sequitur. The idea that we may want to keep the individual agencies in some capacity doesn't imply that merging them into one super-agency is the only efficient way to run them.

I don't need to explain to you why "the idea" of DHS is bad in the abstract. The reality of DHS has been bad. Look no further than the fourteen-year history of the agency. If that's not a reason to break it up, then there is no point in us having this discussion.
 

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So no Coast Guard, FEMA, or Secret Service to protect his ass when people try to murk him when he gives more power to corporations?

Vote Libertarian brehs :heh:

But arent he Secret Service and Coast Guard OLDER and established a LONG time ago before the DHS??? :patrice:
 

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But arent he Secret Service and Coast Guard OLDER and established a LONG time ago before the DHS??? :patrice:
His solution is to put it all under the FBI which "has a great reputation." Imagine the SS and CG having to answer the Bureau. I mean it's one thing to separate them, it's another to realign them under something else. The budget for the DHS is probably only like $35-$40 million anyway. To me it just sounds like the Libertarian answer to everything in the government which is to cut it and worry about how that works if it happens :camby:
 
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