Comment on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moves to place Google under supervision

Gonzako@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• BertramDitore@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I imagine CFPB is at the very top of the hit-list to get fully doge’d. Because fuck consumers, why would they ever need protection from anti-union, discriminatory billionaire oligarchs like Musk?

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  • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Indeed mcglinchey.com/…/trump-2-0-potential-cfpb-changes…

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  • pdxfed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Shirley it’s redundant when they have the blind US Justice system™ to hold all accountable equally

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• moseschrute@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Do we think Trump could put the monopoly lawsuits against google at risk?

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• roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cabinet members can’t dissolve entire agencies. Only congress can.

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  • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There are many other ways to fuck with government organizations, take away their teeth and funding and they’re essentially a lame duck, then when the delayed effects are felt in the next admin, it’s blamed on them instead of looking at how it got so bad.

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    • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But it’s no different than appointing someone to the agency to do that. Which we all knew he would do anyway. Elon’s meme “agency” doesn’t make any difference.

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      • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ah I see what you mean.

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