Can Elon And Vivek Really Slash $2 Trillion From Bloated U.S. Budget?.. I & I Editorial Board

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Can Elon And Vivek Really Slash $2 Trillion From Bloated U.S. Budget?
I & I Editorial Board
November 19, 2024


As you’ve probably figured out, the headline above is a trick, a rhetorical question. Because we know going in that our government has spent so much since the COVID-era began that there’s no question it can be cut sharply. And, in answer to the question above, $2 trillion is just a start.

But that’s just a base number set by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, tagged by President-elect Donald Trump to head the new Department of Government Efficiency, or “DOGE” for short.

“As President Trump said, what we need is common sense,” Musk said. “This won’t be business as usual. This is going to be a revolution.”

And by that, he means a root-and-branch restructuring of the U.S. government and its sprawling, wasteful mega-bureaucracy, with co-leader Ramaswamy set to “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.”

Ambitious indeed.

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[Bigun]

Can Elon And Vivek Really Slash $2 Trillion From Bloated U.S. Budget?

I hoping and praying that they can. I'll do whatever I can to help the effort.

[DefiantMassRINO]

$2 trillion can be slashed from the budget.  Are American politicians and the American People prepared to accept the consequences of those cuts?

Under Bush 43, profligate spending became a bi-partisan vice.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

They have already started with resignations from many federal employees and boss Trump is not even sworn in.

[berdie]

I hope they can. But given the bureaucracy?? And as stated above, when people hear it might affect them...there will be a huge outcry. jmho

[DefiantMassRINO]

Need to cut budget and headcount.

Headcount is used to justify budget.