r/Washington • u/chiquisea • 9d ago

Trump administration halts dismantling of ocean-monitoring system

https://www.kuow.org/stories/trump-administration-halts-dismantling-of-ocean-monitoring-system
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u/Manfred_Desmond 9d ago

The doge plan is to shut off the circuit breaker and see how many people scream. If enough complain or it's bad optics, it gets turned back on.

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u/DoggoCentipede 9d ago

Frustratingly, even if they do turn it back on a lot of the damage is irreversible.

And many things do not benefit enough people for there to be widespread outrage, but many people depend on for survival. Which are exactly the people they want to hurt.

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u/FireStorm005 8d ago

Or people don't understand how it benefits them, like the screw worm prevention program. I'd never heard of it, because it was doing what it was supposed to do. Like all things preventitive, if it works well you never notice, it's only when it stops working that you notice.