Good evening, alex. Good evening. Okay. What would it look like if a republican president took office and then immediately set about replacing all the Career Officials with rightwing ideologues seeking to upend the way the federal Government Works . There has recently been a lot of speculation about just that kind of scenario. But we dont actually have to imagine because Something Like that has happened before. In july of 1981, here is the headline. Reagan, reversing many u. S. Policies. The New York Times reported the Reagan Administration has quietly set about accomplishing a sweeping reversal of policy and practice in the way the government deals with illness and individual citizens. Key cabinet and regulatory posts, the Reagan Administration, the reagan transformation amounts to a resolution of attitude involving the appointment of officials, who had in previous administrations my have been ruled out over concerns of lack of Conflict Of Interest or open hostility to the mission of
Theres recently been a lot of speculation about just that kind of scenario. But we dont have to actually imagine because Something Like that has happened before in july offo 1981. Heres the headline. Reagan reversing many u. S. Policies. The New York Times reported the reaganli administration has set about accomplishing a sweeping reversal of policy and practice in the way the government deals with business and individual citizens. In key cabinet and regulatory posts the reagan transformation amounts to a revolution of attitude involving the appointment of officials who in previous administrations might have been ruled out over concern of lack of interest or open or ostilt to the mission of the agencies theyhe now lead. Sounds familiar. President reagan embarked on what you might call the first modern purge of the administrative state, filling the federal government with young conservative zealots who were looking to carry out a radical newo agenda. And nowhere was that more evident th