Could DOGE cut $2T? The legal and practical reality of government reform
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#4"Government can't do anything right. Elect us and we'll prove it."
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#5https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headline...
Someone needs to come up with a law that any headline can be responded to by pasting this wikipedia link.
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#6It’s possible to initiate such cuts, but whether they stay cut after the inevitable legal battles remains to be see …
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#7For those not clicking through, DOGE doesn't refer to Dogecoin, it stands for "Department of Government Efficiency."
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#8Repeat after me - a Presidential Task Force like DOGE is NOT a department.
You can slap lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. Same with presidential task forces.
A Department with actual staffing, budget, personnel, and legal authority can only be created by Congress.
Presidential task forces can only give non-binding advice to a President.
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#9"Government can't do anything right. Elect us and we'll prove it."
People who complain or say "how hard can it be?" without having first-hand knowledge of a problem or area of work frequently fail spectacularly when put in a place of responsibility.
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#10The “Department of Government Efficiency” isn’t a real government office and as such has no actual power. Musk and Ramaswamy won’t be able to do anything, and the budget is controlled by congress, not the executive.