2025 Federal Government Activities

Revised: Sat Jul 19 10:18:58 EDT 2025

This video from Engineering Explained is very good. It expresses pretty much how I feel about Elon Musk who is forever integrated into the Trump Administration. It takes a while to watch but it has good facts and satire in it.

Thoughts

• America was great when the three branches of government independently evaluated decisions and there was comprise and compassion.
• America was great when the founding father’s balance of power mechanisms had not been dominated by one part or the other.
• America was great when the moderate majority of the country was represented instead of far right and far right factions dominating.
• America was great when news providers were news providers not sensational money grabbers like the right and left news providers are today.
• America was great when the news was trusted and wild conspiracy theories did not spread like wildfire on social media.
• America was great when the government helped people instead of threatening and intimidating people.
• America was great when the government provided support to less fortunate parts of the world and gave taxpayers a sense of worth.
• America was great when rich people wanted to help less fortunate instead of dominate and take, take, take.
• America was great when employees felt valued instead of felt like commodities.
• America was great when rich people paid their fair share.
• America was great when scientists and doctors were respected and involved in formulating policies and programs.
• America was great when government officials behaved like adults in the room instead of the toddlers.
• America was great before it became the United States of the Offended.
• America was great before TV personalities became the most powerful government officials.
• America was great when Federal workers were respected and honored instead of cast out and ridiculed.
• America was great before the Military became the butt of derogatory comments and became a political statement.
• America was great before politicians put oligarchs ahead of common citizens.
• America was great when politicians thought their constituents were more important than money and politics.
• America was great when a woman could decide the fate of her body.
• America was great when there was not fear of law enforcement snatching law abiding people off the street.
• America was great when common citizens did not feel the need to carry citizenship papers at all times.
• America was great when there was consitency of laws between states.
• America was great when the country tried to improve the environment.
• America was great when people thought about their neighbors and took care of them.
• America was great when it was respected by the world.
• Why can’t we all just get along?