Mike lofgren congressional staffer biography of george
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Mike lofgren congressional staffer biography of george
The Man Who Popularized The 'Deep State' Doesn't Like The Way It's Used
Mike Lofgren is the very definition of a civil servant. He was a congressional staffer for 28 years, with most of that time spent crunching numbers on the Senate and House budget committees.
He's moderate and mild-mannered, saying, "I was on the Republican side my whole career. I wasn't a culture wars Republican, basically a fiscal conservative in the manner of say, [President Dwight] Eisenhower."
Lofgren was turned off by the Tea Party Republicans who came into Congress in 2011, and decided it was time to quit.
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Three years later, Lofgren wrote an essay called, "Anatomy of the Deep State."
The essay is not partisan. Lofgren criticizes both parties, along with the national security community, Wall Street and Silicon Valley. And he takes pains to point out that he's not a conspiracy theorist.
His basic point is that big institutions, inside and outside of government, are so entrenched