[curiouscats]

It is one of the rare organizations where the people responsible for the budget of the organization have long track records of trying to have them disrupted (or just eliminated).

Congress has often tried to undermine the ability of the EPA, IRS, NIH, NOAA... to do their job which then makes it seem they are ripe for disruption.

[tormeh]

The Republicans are essentially government saboteurs, which is fascinating if you can look at it from a distance. Most countries' major conservative party don't do this. Quite frankly, I'd say that having a relatively small government is what saves the US from disaster, as countries with that level of government dysfunction are usually pretty poor.

[monochromatic]

> relatively small government

Are we talking about the same government??