History will, unfortunately, not look kindly upon DOGE. It had a lot going for it. Run by a famously intelligent and hardworking individual, it would be the first time that a semi-independent department would be established solely to cut government waste.
But DOGE quickly sputtered. Initially, the goal was to cut $2 trillion in spending and slash through burdensome regulations. Both measures are necessary. Those ambitions themselves were slashed, with DOGE quickly abandoning deregulation and a establishing a lower $1 trillion savings goal.
Within weeks, that goal was slashed to $150 billion. Now, it’s not clear that anything at all will be saved. The government is paying people to sit idle for being improperly fired. Beneficial contracts were cut in science and R&D.
I agree with Stuart that DOGE failed, in part, because its tried to reinvent the wheel. It could have piggybacked off of the great work of the GAO and implemented long-researched money-saving measures. It went rouge instead.
Nice work Stuart.
History will, unfortunately, not look kindly upon DOGE. It had a lot going for it. Run by a famously intelligent and hardworking individual, it would be the first time that a semi-independent department would be established solely to cut government waste.
But DOGE quickly sputtered. Initially, the goal was to cut $2 trillion in spending and slash through burdensome regulations. Both measures are necessary. Those ambitions themselves were slashed, with DOGE quickly abandoning deregulation and a establishing a lower $1 trillion savings goal.
Within weeks, that goal was slashed to $150 billion. Now, it’s not clear that anything at all will be saved. The government is paying people to sit idle for being improperly fired. Beneficial contracts were cut in science and R&D.
I agree with Stuart that DOGE failed, in part, because its tried to reinvent the wheel. It could have piggybacked off of the great work of the GAO and implemented long-researched money-saving measures. It went rouge instead.
There will be blood...