Republicans and Democrats seem to share in the excitement about the Trump administration’s Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
The effort to be headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy has attracted the attention of leftist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Democrat John Fetterman (D-Pa) along with many Republican lawmakers.
“Elon Musk is right,” Sanders has posted on X. Sanders favors a focus on Pentagon spending being reviewed. Fetterman has expressed admiration for Musk and vows to work with him.
Elon Musk is right.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 1, 2024
The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed its 7th audit in a row. It’s lost track of billions.
Last year, only 13 senators voted against the Military Industrial Complex and a defense budget full of waste and fraud.
That must change.
Musk and Ramaswamy claim that PBS and Planned Parenthood are on DOGE’s radar in a recent piece in the Wall Street Journal.
…DOGE will help end federal overspending by taking aim at the $500 billion plus in annual federal expenditures that are unauthorized by Congress or being used in ways that Congress never intended, from $535 million a year to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and $1.5 billion for grants to international organizations to nearly $300 million to progressive groups like Planned Parenthood.
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R- TN) joins many Republicans in favoring DOGE’s aim to cut spending, even getting ready to propose DOGE-related legislation.
“My DOGE Act will freeze federal hiring, begin the process to relocate agencies out of the D.C. swamp, and establish a merit-based salary system for the federal workforce,” she posted on X earlier this month.
I will be introducing legislation that coincides with @DOGE’s plan to make the federal government more efficient.
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) December 5, 2024
My DOGE Act will freeze federal hiring, begin the process to relocate agencies out of the D.C. swamp, and establish a merit-based salary system for the federal…
Despite posting positions about 80-hour weeks and no pay, (a joke?) there seems to be no shortage of people excited to join DOGE to cut government waste.
WSJ has talked with a series of professionals willing to “serve their country” to work with DOGE.
Entrepreneurs, cryptocurrency consultants, real-estate professionals, software developers and insurance executives said they are vying to land a position with the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. They want to help identify billions of dollars of government spending to trim.
It seems suddenly just about everyone is interested in cutting government waste.
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