DOGE is under a lot of fire. Critics claim that the Elon Musk-headed Department of Government Efficiency woefully misunderstands government programs. That DOGE doesn’t know what constitutes waste, fraud, and abuse. That Congress is the one to decide what gets cut — not an unelected official.
In sum, what Washington & Co. are saying to Musk and DOGE is, “you don’t know our business.” The funny thing is, they are right. But that’s a good thing.
What Elon Musk does know is business efficiency. And what his special force of 20-something-year-old engineers know is analyzing large amounts of data to inform that efficiency-mindedness.
In almost real-time speed, DOGE is throwing out the data that it finds. It started with USAID and has now been at the Department of Education, Department of the Treasury, and Social Security Administration. If you watch the X thread, DOGE is constantly sharing what it has found. It’s raw, unpolished. It does not always lead to accurate conclusions. But it is transparent.
What Musk is doing is radically different from any other effort to bring efficiency to government. […]
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