Is the Trump regime deliberately crashing the US economy?

The current Republicans have taken up the flag of "smaller government" and, being unable to win for decades, are forcibly taking it with DJT & the Deplorables.

The Heritage Foundation and other contributors to/co-authors of the "Project 2025" open plan to destroy our democracy was a way of a group of conservative "think tanks" to finally shed any last semblance of that tag and "come out" in as the truly vicious, anti-American traitors which they have always been, in their hearts, minds, and souls, and behind closed doors.

They have always lusted after grabbing the power to force the clock back to the 1950s with respect to women, the 1850s with respect to blacks, and reset the government by destroying regulations meant to keep us safe (see the Preamble to the Constitution, and the exposition about the importance of life as a fundamental freedom in the Declaration), and try to destroy those and other impediments to their unchecked, free hand to exercise all power and indulge every appetite without answering to any authority on Earth.

The Reagan presidency was the beginning of the rich coming out from the smoke-filled back rooms and openly stacking the deck. It was the beginning of more and more blatant moves until getting a far-right Supreme Court which would rewrite the Constitution to their liking, always (of course) under the guise of "originalism", which it is decidedly NOT.

The Citizens United case was a watershed moment in the death of our American experiment, as it suddenly created a new party to the Constitution--not only the people, the States, and the Federal government which the last two created, but, now, businesses...and it enshrined "money is speech" in a new aura, making vast monetary contributions to political campaigns a right just like speech.

From there, the lack of guidance or oversight of the Supreme Court, the willingness of Republican leaders like McConnell and Graham to do ANYthing to finally wrest power from the people because of the demographic doom of the Republican party.

We got here via

• A lack of rational controls over money in politics--this made politicians beholden to big donors (possibly not even in their district) not their actual, in-district constituents. Unlimited amounts mean that the rich are given hugely amplified voices in politics as well as everywhere else.

• A lack of rational controls over political advertising--much of it is not true unless you ignore the actual truth and go with a very minority view.

• A failure to have any duty to the truth as part of the requirements placed on politicians, lawyers, and "news" outlets/channels--this has helped in the Fascist-based takeover of my country through provable lies pouring out of every corner of these.

• Allowing each house of Congress to make its own rules--this has allowed

■ the Senate to approve marginal candidates for every office. Forcing a 2/3 to 3/4 majority would help eliminate the eminently unqualified, which is exactly the pool from which DJT has drawn many of his sad appointees.

■ the tyranny of each chamber's leader (Speaker of the House, Senate Majority Leader) with respect to the calendar, bills reaching the floor, etc. Any bill receiving support of 10% of the legislature should have its day on the floor, with reading and discussion/debate before being subject to being delayed or killed.

■ the Senate Majority Leader denying action on Presidential appointments and other anti-democratic rules.

■ Ethics per other entries here.

• Lack of comprehensive guidance for and oversight of the Supreme Court--including

■ automatic recusals

■ required reporting of info which would directly affect the required recusals

■ the scope of the Court's power: discovering new parties or reshaping the power structure not within the Court's power

■ Court's duty to the truth

■ other well-defined ethics requirements in a common framework for public service

• Lack of common-sense controls on Presidential power--

■ the abuse of the pardon to the detriment of the rule of law and to spring henchmen/co-conspirators has to stop.

■ attempting to appoint eminently-unqualified persons or even anti-appointees (those sworn to destroy that which they are supposed to run)

■ reporting requirements as part of ethics

■ clear guidelines regarding process of declassification

■ remove power of President to give clearance to security risks

■ scrutiny of nepotism

■ remove Presidential ability to summarily create new departments, etc.

• Lack of a full definition of treason and heavy penalties

• Lack of automatic impeachment of high offices in every branch when certain thresholds are met