‘Tech bro Maoists’ are torching the country that made them rich

The U.S. DOGE Service is not the first effort to streamline the American government. But there is only one such commission that actually succeeded. During Bill Clinton’s tenure, Vice President Al Gore headed an effort to “reinvent government.” The results were that by the end of Clinton’s presidency, more than 400,000 federal jobs and thousands of pages of regulations had been eliminated. The total savings were around $140 billion, which was impressive, given that Clinton’s first federal budget was around $1.4 trillion.

Gore’s methods could not have been more different from those of DOGE, short for Department of Government Efficiency. His commission worked quietly, partnering with federal agencies, asking them to identify positions that could be cut or reassigned. It worked with Congress to change laws where necessary. Elaine Kamarck, who worked on the effort, has noted that the Gore commission did not get sued even once during its efforts.

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