There’s plenty of buzz about the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), helmed by X owner Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. Indeed, while not an official government agency, the initiative has become the center of a political whirlwind in Washington, D.C.
President-elect Donald Trump has tasked the two men with slashing federal bureaucracy, trimming regulations, and doing away with wasteful spending. It is a worthy endeavor, to be sure. But given that DOGE has only the power to make recommendations that will likely be ignored by Congress, perhaps other tactics might help to reduce the administrative state’s power.
Musk and Ramaswamy have been speaking to lawmakers in D.C. to gin up support for the project, whose mission is to cut $500 billion annually from the federal budget. “Government is too big, it does…
