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Elon Musk is at it again, and this time he’s not just playing with electric cars and rockets—he’s tackling government waste with a team of sharp minds behind the Trump Administration’s audaciously named Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. In a chat with Fox News, Musk revealed that the team’s ambitious goal is to trim a whopping 15 percent off of federal spending, all while avoiding cuts to crucial programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. It seems Musk believes that if a private company can eliminate waste, the bloated beast known as the federal government should be able to do the same without breaking a sweat.
DOGE doesn’t have the magical power to unilaterally slash budgets, as that requires congressional approval. However, the team brazenly recommended billions in cuts, proving that they are at least a few steps ahead of Congress in recognizing the pervasive waste embedded within the system. The newly passed budget resolution promises around $4.5 trillion in taxpayer relief with a target of $2 trillion slashed from the spending ledger. And yes, Democrats may want to clutch their pearls over this initiative, especially since it allocates hundreds of billions for immigration enforcement and defense spending—just good old-fashioned priorities that make sense.
Musk and his cohorts, including named brainiacs like Steve Davis and Joe Gebbia, took a moment to share some horrendous snags they’ve discovered within the feds’ oversized purse strings. For instance, one staggering realization is that there are roughly 4.6 million federal credit cards circulating among just a little over 2.3 million employees. Need a second credit card for your dinner in D.C.? Well, apparently the government thinks every bureaucrat should have one—making this inefficiency look more like a circus than a functioning system. Musk’s suggestion of inventorying these cards is both logical and downright amusing; after all, how could there be more plastic than personnel without someone posting an all-points bulletin on common sense?
WATCH: Elon Musk, DOGE Team Provide Behind-The-Scenes Look At Cost-Cutting Efforts https://t.co/GcYE6SpQZK pic.twitter.com/PXAnVw7ciK
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It’s not just credit cards getting the DOGE treatment; they’re auditing everything from financial management to government infrastructure. Musk emphasized their method involves careful examination—measuring not just once, but twice or even thrice before they make any cuts. That’s a strategic approach that can only be applauded in a world where some want to run government like a game of horseshoes—close enough counts, right? There’s no room for that mindset here; it’s all about ensuring accuracy and practicality, even if mistakes will happen along the way.
As expected, the Democrat smear machine wasted no time attacking Musk’s team, often opting for empty rhetoric rather than engaging with the details. Their critiques are more like wild accusations, lacking the punch of facts or concrete evidence. Meanwhile, DOGE’s decisive recommendations include canceling ridiculous multidimensional grants from the NIH, such as one aimed at reducing the risk of pregnancy among “transgender boys”—a notion that would make anyone wonder just how far gone federal spending has become.
With a clear focus on combating waste and inefficiency, Musk and the DOGE team are shaking up the status quo. If successful, there might just be hope for a more efficient government that spends taxpayer dollars wisely, or at least attempts to rectify the financial chaos that too often feels like a bloated buffet for every imaginable program.
