Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have co-written an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal in which they lay out their plans for the new Department of Government Efficience (DOGE). The short version is that they plan to “cut the government down to size.”
President Trump has asked the two of us to lead a newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to cut the federal government down to size. The entrenched and ever-growing bureaucracy represents an existential threat to our republic, and politicians have abetted it for too long. That’s why we’re doing things differently. We are entrepreneurs, not politicians. We will serve as outside volunteers, not federal officials or employees. Unlike government commissions or advisory committees, we won’t just write reports or cut ribbons. We’ll cut costs…
The two of us will advise DOGE at every step to…
