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Just like so much about President Donald Trump's agenda and the highly polarized political era we live in, a careful and objective analysis of Doge and his leader Elon Musk's right-sized government efforts is hard to get, as hysteria, chaos and misinformation dominates the airwaves.
Some of this confusion is due to government critics and willing to cast criticism on the efficiency of the government or the doge. Some of that comes from Doge's design, which has acknowledged that masks and other clumsy architects have to break some eggs to make an omelette.
And some of that is a byproduct of Doge being a bit, well, confusing, less accurate and clearer than they want (e.g., a $8 million savings credited as a $8 billion savings). The purpose of this article is to objectively view Doge's state on those interested in separating facts from fiction and rising above polarized narratives.
Mask tells the cabinet that Doge's email is a “pulse check” for workers and warns them that they will “go bankrupt” without acting
The government's efficiency, led by civilian megabillionaire Elon Musk, starts with incredible public support, and its purpose still has strong public support.
Argentine President Javier Miley has given Elon Musk a sparkly doge chainsaw to help him carve out unnecessary spending. (x/@jmilei)
With a right-sized government, putting some effort into eliminating fraud and waste and limiting the administrative bureaucracy that most Americans know intuitively, he overwhelmed the federal government as a noble goal of enjoying extensive support from the American people. Over time, some early achievements of Doge are worthy of praise, and some tactics question whether this is going as the American people have hoped for.
The email order that all federal employees justify and respond to what they are doing and how they spend their time is a great example of Doge's “Chaos by Design.” That led to new FBI director Kash Patel pushing back. The actual HR office did the same, saying that the response was voluntary and that the failure to respond was not the basis for the firing, and that it followed communication from Musk and Doge (backed by Trump), that the failure to respond would be the basis for the firing!
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The lack of clarity here may be part of the “purposeful confusion”, but it managed to do two things: one positive and one son. First, there were questions about the productivity of government employees, and the new administration puts its employees in the public square that they hoped to hold taxpayer money accountable. The entire conversation turned the public towards questions about efficiency, productivity and accountability. This is a fairly common and accepted concept of the private sector.
But the negative aspect is that, as clear techniques, legality, and organized protocols poison the public to the wells, it started to force the public to be a change agent or a Chaos agent. There will be time to see if the latter point or previous point outweighs public consciousness.
Critics who believe Doge is a “constitutional crisis” are unreliable. They were silent when they ran out clearly about who was in charge of the Biden administration. They are not worried about grotesque abuse in USAID, regulators acting outside of their jurisdiction, government agencies that function without accountability. And there is no doubt that the President has the overall authority over the administrative department, whether he likes people who have become like government agencies or not.
On the other hand, if Doge's real goal is to transcend headlines, hype, clicks and public rage, then there's no way effort can succeed without Congress. Doge has too few measures to bring lasting and meaningful change to the waste and fraud of scope, power, and government activities and spending without Congress.
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As Doge, Musk and government employees order them to email them to grab headlines all day, Congress is engaged in a real budget fight with real teeth. What they spend, cut and tax over the next few years is the law that comes as a result of what Congress decides from this process.
The need for time is not chaos or anger, but to set the tone of prudence and common sense, and that Congress works from its tone to make wise reforms to our budget. You may not get much of what you like on social media, but our kids and grandchildren will say thank you.
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