As a conservative/libertarian, I applauded the DOGE format, but to brag about cutting a certain amount from government spending is egotistical. I thought DOGE would audit, find the areas of abuse, which are many, and it would be up to congress to react and enact legislation to correct the abuses. Trump can't do it all with executive orders. However congress with its divisions of right and left, will in the end do nothing. The dems will not do anything in this regard because it comes from Trump and makes them look bad, and there are too many rinos in rep seats that side with the dems. The Beautiful Big Spending bill, from what I am seeing, is just another attempt to look good while spending more. Everything that comes out of Washington is hot air and privileged spending. As long as the feds can spend willy-nilly with a Fed Reserve providing ever devalued funds, the country will continue sliding down the slippery slope to destruction.
Thank you for sharing your perspective and readily identifying your political lens. In a very strong way, I also share the concern that Congress needs to fulfill a necessary role in shaping the efficiency and effectiveness of government.
I'm in agreement with Robert. I applaud an attempt to improve things, but I'm very skeptical of our government. We continue to slide down the slippery slope to destruction. Perhaps a little more slowly but there is a huge amount of momentum.
So far this is "peanuts". Even if $175 billion was fully saved, that's trivial. We need massively more progress. And yes it's going to hurt. There will be "collateral damage", but the ongoing damage is too great to continue to ignore and "kick down the path to the future".
"Musk has now officially declared DOGE to be finished"
The rest of the article pointed out the failures of DOGE: it was supposed to save two trillion dollars, the government budget deficit in just May 2025 was 258 billion dollars (more than Elon's most optimistic claims for cuts in the past five months).
The printing presses roll on creating more money, which means more inflation and the continuation of this downward spiral.
As a conservative/libertarian, I applauded the DOGE format, but to brag about cutting a certain amount from government spending is egotistical. I thought DOGE would audit, find the areas of abuse, which are many, and it would be up to congress to react and enact legislation to correct the abuses. Trump can't do it all with executive orders. However congress with its divisions of right and left, will in the end do nothing. The dems will not do anything in this regard because it comes from Trump and makes them look bad, and there are too many rinos in rep seats that side with the dems. The Beautiful Big Spending bill, from what I am seeing, is just another attempt to look good while spending more. Everything that comes out of Washington is hot air and privileged spending. As long as the feds can spend willy-nilly with a Fed Reserve providing ever devalued funds, the country will continue sliding down the slippery slope to destruction.
Thank you for sharing your perspective and readily identifying your political lens. In a very strong way, I also share the concern that Congress needs to fulfill a necessary role in shaping the efficiency and effectiveness of government.
I'm in agreement with Robert. I applaud an attempt to improve things, but I'm very skeptical of our government. We continue to slide down the slippery slope to destruction. Perhaps a little more slowly but there is a huge amount of momentum.
So far this is "peanuts". Even if $175 billion was fully saved, that's trivial. We need massively more progress. And yes it's going to hurt. There will be "collateral damage", but the ongoing damage is too great to continue to ignore and "kick down the path to the future".
The “Great Reckoning” is coming… because of the math! Well said, John!
A German substack wrote this:
"Musk has now officially declared DOGE to be finished"
The rest of the article pointed out the failures of DOGE: it was supposed to save two trillion dollars, the government budget deficit in just May 2025 was 258 billion dollars (more than Elon's most optimistic claims for cuts in the past five months).
The printing presses roll on creating more money, which means more inflation and the continuation of this downward spiral.