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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy — set to head Pres.-elect Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — Wednesday revealed plans to "cut the federal government down to size," torpedoing civil-service protections.

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They laid out their plan — cutting federal spending by $500B — in an article in The Wall Street Journal, claiming that the US wasn't functioning today according to its founding "basic idea that the people we elect run the government."

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Wednesday's article said Musk and Ramaswamy will advise pursuing three major reforms: "regulatory rescissions, administrative reductions, and cost savings." They will even hire "a lean team of small-government crusaders."

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The duo — who would reportedly rely on Supreme Court rulings curbing federal agencies' authority — also proposed axing Congress programs where spending authorization has lapsed, potentially damaging areas like veterans' health care and poverty alleviation.

Without revealing how many jobs will be cut, Musk and Ramaswamy claimed that unelected officials carry out most government enforcement decisions and spending, which "is antidemocratic and antithetical to the Founders' vision."

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This comes as Fox News Digital reported that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) will chair the DOGE, which she said will "identify and investigate the waste, corruption and absolutely useless parts of our federal government."

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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, set to head President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Wednesday revealed plans to “cut the federal government down to size,” torpedoing civil-service protections.

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They lay forth their plan—cutting federal spending by $500B—in a join article in The Wall Street Journal, claiming that the US was not functioning today according to its founding "basic idea that the people we elect run the government."

Wednesday's article said Musk and Ramaswamy will advise pursuing three major reforms: “regulatory rescissions, administrative reductions, and cost savings.” They will even hire “a lean team of small-government crusaders.”

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They would rely on Supreme Court rulings curbing federal agencies' authority. They also proposed axing Congress programs where spending authorization has lapsed, potentially hitting areas like veterans’ health care and poverty alleviation.

They stressed that most government enforcement decisions and spending are carried out by unelected officials and this "is antidemocratic and antithetical to the Founders’ vision." Musk and Ramaswamy didn't say how many jobs will be cut.

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The duo will welcome a “wave of voluntary terminations" and noted that taxpayers shouldn't pay federal employees for "the Covid-era privilege of staying home.” This could reportedly affect around 1M people eligible for remote work.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s leadership in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) signals a transformative vision to rejuvenate America through targeted deregulation. Musk’s critique of overregulation as “strangulation” resonates amid glaring inefficiencies delaying broadband expansion, medical innovation, and critical infrastructure. By trimming bureaucratic excess and fostering clarity in emerging sectors like AI and cryptocurrency, DOGE could unlock unprecedented economic and technological growth. This initiative represents a bipartisan call for streamlined governance.

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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s DOGE initiative is a quixotic venture, rooted more in tech-bro hubris than in governance. Musk envisions slashing $2T in "waste," despite the fiscal and legal realities that make such cuts impractical, if not unconstitutional. Ramaswamy’s bluster about dismantling agencies lacks grounding in federal processes or political feasibility. Without congressional authority, DOGE wields no genuine power, reducing it to a vanity project for Musk’s ego and crypto memes. Ultimately, DOGE seems destined to flounder, serving as a cautionary tale of overreach rather than a transformative force in government efficiency.

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There is a 50% chance that the US government will spend 37.4% of GDP in 2026, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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Musk and Ramaswamy's leadership in the DOGE signals a transformative vision to rejuvenate America through targeted deregulation. Musk's critique of overregulation as "strangulation" resonates amid glaring inefficiencies delaying broadband expansion, medical innovation, and critical infrastructure. By trimming bureaucratic excess and fostering clarity in emerging sectors like artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency, DOGE could unlock unprecedented economic and technological growth. This initiative represents a bipartisan call for streamlined governance.

Musk and Ramaswamy's DOGE initiative is a quixotic venture, rooted more in tech-bro hubris than governance. Musk envisions slashing $2T in "waste" despite the fiscal and legal realities that make such cuts impractical, if not unconstitutional. Ramaswamy's bluster about dismantling agencies lacks grounding in federal processes or political feasibility. DOGE wields no genuine power without congressional authority, reducing it to a vanity project for Musk's ego and crypto memes.

There's a 50% chance that the US government will spend 37.4% of GDP in 2026, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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