[akmarinov]

As a person who has no idea what most of the agencies do (exactly what Musk and Ramaswamy are):

DHS can easily be folded into the FBI and cuts made

TSA is a non-brainer, they don't really provide much security, let airports handle it on a case by case basis

Do they really need a NSA and a CIA?

Space force - just roll it into the air force

Bam - that's probably like 500 billion right there

[rsynnott]

> As a person who has no idea what most of the agencies do

"As a person who doesn't know anything about this, here are my ideas" is, er, one approach to things, I suppose (as someone else mentioned, you've just given the FBI a fleet of over 2,000 watercraft, which doesn't seem terribly sensible).

[akmarinov]

The FBI doesn’t need watercraft, just sell them off - this is too easy

[rsynnott]

No, no, that would be wasteful. Simply make it a policy that FBI agents travel by boat. This would of course require the building of an extremely extensive national network of canals, but I think you'll agree that it's a small price to pay, and the FEMA people who the FBI would also inherit under this plan should have plenty of expertise in hydraulic engineering.

[dragonwriter]

> DHS can easily be folded into the FBI and cuts made

The reverse might make a tiny, miniscule amount of sense, but that way it is just silly. FBI is a subunit of DOJ with ~35,000 employees; DHS is an organizational peer to DOJ with ~260,000 employees; the active duty uniformed component of the Coast Guard — one unit of DHS — is around ~45,000 people.

[Volundr]

> DHS can easily be folded into the FBI and cuts made

Easily? You just folded the Coast Guard, FEMA, Immigration, and the secret service along with many other agencies under the FBI.

> Space force - just roll it into the air force

Already part of the air force.

[frumper]

They also suggested selling off all the FBI watercraft. This plan is going well.

[dragonwriter]

The only good thing about the plan is it is still probably better (and less corruptly self-serving for those formulating it) than what DOGE will come up with.