Donald Trump has picked Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to run the invented “Department of Government Efficiency.” The “DOGE” commission promises to reward these men and their billionaire allies while everyday Americans face the hardships Musk admits will result from their budget cuts, critics say.
For decades, one of the most overpromised and underdelivered campaign pledges has been to reduce waste, fraud and abuse in government. Americans want to know that their tax dollars won’t be squandered and that their government will not spend $400 on a hammer. A few weeks ago, President-elect Donald Trump announced the formation of a new advisory group called the Department of Government Efficiency, aka DOGE.
I think Ramaswamy is mostly in this for the publicity and will likely fade away once he realizes how hard the work of meaningful government reform is. Candidly, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie nailed it a primary debate in 2023, when he called Ramaswamy “the most obnoxious blowhard in America.” And many Democrats have significant political and policy differences with Musk.
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