I have no doubt that there are any number of "Hey, we can cut down on government oversight and regulation of big business" consolidations going on here in the name of "efficiency". Also any number of "If we consolidate this stuff, then we can more easily cut its budget!" ploys.
But I'll zero in on one headliner in particular, the consolidation of the Department of Education and Department of Labor into the Department of Proles Department of Child Labor Department of Education and the Workforce (page 25):
❝ This proposal would merge the Departments of Education (ED) and Labor (DOL) into a single Cabinet agency, the Department of Education and the Workforce (DEW). The new agency would be charged with meeting the needs of American students and workers, from education and skill development to workplace protection to retirement security. Merging ED and DOL would allow the Federal Government to address the educational and skill needs of American students and workers in a coordinated way, eliminating duplication of effort between the two agencies and maximizing the effectiveness of skill-building efforts. ❞
I.e., we're going to create a Department of Vocational Ed and Skills Training, to focus both our schools and our workforce on creating good workers for the factories and mines and sweatshops and fields of the future, under the auspices of the federal government.
Make America Gilded Again!
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Government-Reform-and-Reorg-Plan.pdf
[h/t +Stan Pedzick]
When they spot your lies in textbooks,
And rewriting history fails,
Put the children in the workhouse,
Fill their days with making nails.