DOGE Caucus Promises Anything is On the Table to Cut Government Waste
“No amount of waste, fraud, abuse, duplication, or administrative bloat is too small or too large to fix.”
Fox News revealed the latest Congressional Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus memo, which promised to target any government waste.
Fox News Digital reported the memo contains eight goals, describing some as “practical” and others as “symbolic.”
“The federal government must serve the interests of taxpayers, and taxpayers are best served by a lean, efficient, transparent, and accountable bureaucracy,” the first principle read, according to a draft memo obtained by Fox News Digital.
The document also suggested both lofty and smaller-scale goals. “No amount of waste, fraud, abuse, duplication, or administrative bloat is too small or too large to fix.” DOGE Caucus leaders had previously put an emphasis on “low-hanging fruit” to start their mission with, like unused federal office space held by agencies with remote work policies.
The memo puts such employees on notice, noting that they and any federal regulations or agencies “must demonstrate effectiveness for and responsiveness to taxpayers while also not creating unnecessary costs or burdens.”
“We’ve articulated our vision in a transparent manner that is both concise and consumable for every American,” DOGE Caucus co-founder Rep. Aaron Bean (R-FL) told Fox News Digital.
The caucus even warned it would support eliminating “existing federal agencies, programs, rules, regulations, or functions that do not provide value to taxpayers” if no one can reform them.
The members also stressed that “All rules and regulations should be grounded in statute. Congress enacts public policy, not unelected bureaucrats.”
“The mandate is clear: every dollar spent in Washington must deliver a direct benefit to the people it serves, while prioritizing transparency, accountability, and efficiency,” said Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), according to Fox News.
New: Congressional DOGE Caucus will circulate this memo at its meeting tomorrow — laying out broad goals for the group
Memo targets federal employees and government regulations among other thingshttps://t.co/Yueat0GtDs pic.twitter.com/IqpEtpB0Ku
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I agree with all of this but they left out one thing. Too many bureaurocrats and federal employees which have sky rocketed under Biden providing the bulk of “jobs created” during his administration. Start firing them by the bucket load.
Everybody gets a 10% cut. If something necessary comes up, they have to get it from some other agency’s budget. Simple rule.
Why only 10%? Why not 90%.
You can’t pass it.
How about you can’t spend more than you collect?
You can’t spend more than you can finance, is the right formula. You wouldn’t forbid borrowing by any other entity, unless you’re Islamic, and even they have subterfuges to allow it.
I am all for it. I suspect that a great many folks who claim likewise will have serious issues when ‘their’ program is put on the chopping block.
Drop pay scales below public open market is. The budget is broke so drastic measures are needed.
They need to cut unconstitutional and extra-legal things FIRST. Then they can focus on remaining waste. Just making the behemoth more efficient is NOT going to save the country.
To really cut spending doesn’t take much creativity. First have a balanced budget. That cuts $1.7 Trillion off the top line. Then make a list of priorities and find those till we run out of tax revenue. Gotta pay interest on the existing debt so that’s $1.2 Trillion gone. Gotta pay the earned pensions and the VA benefits. That’s another $800 ish billion. That leaves about $2.4 Trillion of the $4.4 Trillion ish in total revenue. DoD takes up another $900 billion. So now we have about $1.5 Trillion to fund everything else the Federal govt does and a huge number of folks will be highly PO when ‘their’ program is reduced or cut entirely.
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