I'm skeptical of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Government inefficiency is where liberty survives.
I also know it will have no actual power to do anything beyond making recommendations.
But, if it somehow decides "efficiency" means "less money spent on government", if the recommendations are embraced, if this means government agencies are gutted or eliminated, and if the savings result in less taxation and more liberty, then it will have been a benefit.
That's a lot of "if". I'm skeptical but I would love to be wrong. There's no way it can disappoint me since I have no expectations.
At least Musk and Ramaswamy are not being paid. That's a start. No one should be paid for working for government.
If invited, I would take an unpaid position as head of the ATF or IRS (working remotely, because I'm not going to the District of Criminals) to make them more "efficient". It would take me an afternoon at most. If not me, then Brandon Herrera would be a good pick to head the ATF. I think he'd do that mostly right.
May I request your support?
I am completely skeptical and have lived too long with my eyes open to be hopeful anymore. The first thing that came to mind when I heard of this new agency was the following wise quote.
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--- Peter Drucker
That's why I wrote the column linked above. I don't want government to be more efficient... unless they consider eliminating a lot of it to be the efficency they are looking for. I doubt that's the case (but I keep commenting on Musk's posts to that effect anyway).
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