Summary
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, leading Trump’s new DOGE, plan to cut $2 trillion in federal spending by ending remote work for federal employees and monitoring their productivity.
GOP Senator Joni Ernst supports the plan, citing remote work as wasteful, though federal data shows most eligible roles still require significant on-site work.
Critics argue the initiative overstates the issue and lacks enforcement power, as DOGE is an advisory body with no direct authority over government operations.
You’re assuming that Musk is actually going to make a good faith effort to improve efficiency. This is about paralysing the government so they can’t do any oversight on Musk and friends, while outsourcing as much as possible to private companies run by those same billionaires.