"Fungi have basidia and asci."
Posted on 12/15/2024 1:24:41 PM PST by Libloather
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are dropping hints about where the co-leads of President-elect Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will focus its efforts on trimming federal spending when the new administration takes over in January.
Musk, the wealthiest person in the world who is known for his ambitious goals, has set an aim to slash $2 trillion in federal spending under the initiative, while Ramaswamy, a billionaire in his own right, has said entire agencies will be “deleted” under DOGE’s recommendations.
FOX Business compiled a list of what the successful entrepreneurs see as opportunities for improvement – and what they say they won’t touch:
IRS: Simplifying U.S. tax code policy
“In 1955, there were less than 1.5 million words in the U.S. Tax Code. Today, there are more than 16 million words,” DOGE posted to its X account on Nov. 15. “Because of this complexity, Americans collectively spend 6.5 billion hours preparing and filing their taxes each year. This must be simplified.”
https://x.com/DOGE/status/1857993918526480545
Department of Defense (DOD): The Pentagon’s chronic audit failing
Two days after the previously cited post, DOGE flagged that the Department of Defense had failed its 7th straight audit last month, noting that the DOD once again cannot fully account for its budget – which was $824 billion.
When Musk saw the news about the Pentagon’s latest failed audit, we wrote on X, “Sounds like a job for @DOGE!”
In a subsequent post, Ramaswamy noted that the Department of Education (DOE) just failed its third consecutive audit and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) “showed significant deficiencies.” He also threw red flags about AmericCorp’s budget, calling all the findings, “Utterly unacceptable” before adding, “Time for DOGE.”
Congress: $516B Authorized for expired programs
“In FY2024, U.S. Congress provided $516 billion to programs...
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"Fungi have basidia and asci."
Congress should do clawbacks on the people who have defrauded the government. And the most important places to cut are where the outlays are highest. No more scared cows. That game must stop.
The Veto pen must be used. The only way the madness should be able to continue is if there aren’t at least 146 Representatives or at least 34 Senators willing to hold firm on fiscal sanity.
If the fed agencies shut down then the States can keep things functioning & we rebuild federal services from scratch.
Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid need full audits to weed out the dead, and the illegitimate who have swollen the ranks of beneficiaries.
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