Why DOGE is an essential and important idea

Of Donald Trump’s recent announcements, the one that intrigues — even excites — me the most is the establishment of DOGE, the misnamed “Department of Government Efficiency” (misnamed because it is really a nongovernmental advisory body that will work with the White House, not any kind of “department” inside government).

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who will be in charge of DOGE, are both brilliant, and the federal government has clearly become too expansive and its writ too cumbersome. There are more than 180,000 pages of federal regulations. Surely it’s worth taking a close look at them and retiring many.

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