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J. Andres Hannah-Suarez's avatar

Re: DeSantis

It's interesting that the only candidate that is remotely close to Trump's numbers for the primary, is apparently against the entire idea of gathering revenue through taxation, in so far as he wants to eliminate the IRS.

The clear follow-up question that should have been asked was how on earth DeSantis was planning to fund NECESSARY government spending if not through taxation, which is enforced by the IRS.

Second, he says he wants to eliminate the Department of Engery, apparently having learned noting from Rick Perry's brutal ignorance of the functions of the Department of Energy, such that he called for it's abolition during the primary debates, but changed his mind once he was appointed to head the Department by Trump.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/19/politics/rick-perry-hearing-energy-department/index.html

So another crucial follow-up question for DeSantis shoud have been:

"Governor, what is your understanding of the function of the Department of Energy?"

Psssst the Department of Energy is literally mandated to secure and maintain the American stock of nuclear weapons.

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