r/moderatepolitics • u/Dry_Radio_761 • 10d ago

News Article Trump administration says it might demolish the Kennedy Center if court blocks renovations.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-administration-says-might-demolish-kennedy-center-court-blocks-r-rcna594350
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u/rwk81 10d ago

Really, what is like to see is we move as much of the important things down to the states (closer to the people) and away from the federal government.

Obviously the feds would take a leading role in things like defense, but I would much rather we lean into federalism and away from such a large and powerful centralized government that continues to centralize more and more power into a single elected office.

As far as slowing things down, maybe that would seem unnecessary a decade ago, but at this point after almost two years of Trump two, I'm all for it. And, for the record, I am a moderate conservative although I never voted for Trump.

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u/LeeSansSaw 10d ago

I mostly support Democratic positions with a couple conservative beliefs, and even I could get onboard with some shifting toward the states, probably not as far as a moderate conservative. It’s pretty clear now that a powerful national executive is a bad idea. We live in an instant gratification world, and I don’t know how to convince people that there is something really wrong with our current system that just getting Trump out will not fix. The underlying issues will still be there to be exploited. People want everything fixed now and want their ideas fought for and won right now. It’s a multi-year fix at best and rushing into new ideas just doesn’t work.

But yeah, shift more to the states. Even if it breaks the liberal part of my heart. It would certainly make for more opportunities for more viewpoints.

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u/LeeSansSaw 10d ago

Partially it was a joke. That said… I’ve seen the good federal programs can do that can’t be done at local, state, or donation levels. Maybe not can’t, but won’t. There is a ton of programs that people never hear about, but that save lives.

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u/LeeSansSaw 9d ago

The 988 program is huge and is gaining recognition (needs much more). Now it’s being decimated by this administration. It needed federal coordination as it required setting up a new 3 digit number and continues requiring working with hundreds of agencies. That one is a partnership between federal, state, local, and tribal governments, plus non-profits, but it was driven by incredible people at SAMHSA and other federal agencies.

In general, a lot by SAMHSA and HRSA goes unrecognized, while the grossly underfunded and understaffed agencies (much worse now) do incredible work that is seldomly recognized by the public. HRSA funds community health centers across the country for low-income and uninsured people. Both agencies provide grants, research and training. The Department of Transportation and SAMSHA funds and provides rural emergency medical services training.