Fox News "Office of Management & Budget Director Mick Mulvaney gave an intricate and often eccentric explanation of redundancy and overlap in federal bureaucracy in a presentation that stunned the president and the press.
" 'I call this the 'drain the swamp' cabinet meeting," Mulvaney said, adding that it has been about 100 years since the federal government was reorganized at this scale.
"He criticized the "Byzantine nature" by which the government regulates, creating headaches for business owners, employees and taxpayers.
" 'If you have a cheese pizza, it's governed by the Food & Drug Administration. If you put a pepperoni on it, it's governed by the [Department of Agriculture]," he said.
" 'If you have a [live] chicken, it's governed by the USDA. If that chicken lays an egg, it's governed by the FDA, but if you break the egg and make an omelette, that's again governed by the USDA."
" 'I call this the 'drain the swamp' cabinet meeting," Mulvaney said, adding that it has been about 100 years since the federal government was reorganized at this scale.
"He criticized the "Byzantine nature" by which the government regulates, creating headaches for business owners, employees and taxpayers.
" 'If you have a cheese pizza, it's governed by the Food & Drug Administration. If you put a pepperoni on it, it's governed by the [Department of Agriculture]," he said.
" 'If you have a [live] chicken, it's governed by the USDA. If that chicken lays an egg, it's governed by the FDA, but if you break the egg and make an omelette, that's again governed by the USDA."
. . . "Mulvaney said the examples he gave were just a few of the impediments faced by small businesses trying to operate in compliance with the government.
"He said that is part of the reason the Departments of Education and Labor should be merged.
""They're all doing the same thing," he said, noting that both "try to get people ready for the workforce.' " . . .
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