Cost-Saving DOGE Strategies from Americans for Musk and Vivek

December 10, 2024 TruthUSA

A compelling initiative from President-elect Donald Trump is his proposed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which is set to be led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.

There’s a shared sentiment among Americans regarding the substantial waste in Washington. Surveys indicate that the typical American believes around 30% of every dollar allocated by the federal government is wasted, redundant, or ineffective — and Trump is betting they are correct.

The prospect of saving up to $2 trillion to alleviate our $36 trillion national debt and address our nearly $2 trillion annual deficit holds significant appeal.

With Musk and Ramaswamy at the helm, Trump has enlisted two of the nation’s most brilliant business minds to co-lead this daunting mission of uncovering and eliminating billions of dollars in waste and fraud.

True to their inventive and energetic style, the duo has invited Americans to share their suggestions on how and where to identify this waste.

In this spirit, over the past three weeks, I’ve dedicated my WABC radio show to this monumental initiative.

Our listeners from across the nation have been encouraged to contribute thoughts on government savings — and the phone lines have been bustling.

Here are some of the top suggestions I’ve received so far:

Organize the world’s largest “garage sale” on the Washington Mall and in every city housing federal offices. Auction off unused land, buildings, furniture, computers, vehicles, books, and industrial supplies, with proceeds exclusively allocated for debt reduction.
Implement strict penalties, including shutdown, for any of the numerous federal agencies that fail to pass a simple audit on their spending practices.
Launch a historic manhunt to track down fraudsters who have misappropriated hundreds of billions of dollars from welfare programs, COVID relief efforts, the PPP program, food stamps, Medicare, and beyond, leveraging all federal law enforcement resources to recover these funds.
Sell off outstanding federal loans, permitting private bill collectors to recover as much as they can from the hundreds of billions lent to corporations, small businesses, students, and others, which were never repaid.
Authorize the president to impound funds that Congress has allocated but federal agencies have not utilized.
Encourage federal employees to identify waste and propose innovative cost-saving strategies by offering them a 15% finder’s fee for every dollar saved.
Repeal President Biden’s executive order mandating diversity directors in every government agency, which incurs millions of dollars in annual salaries and benefits.
Cease all federal loan and grant programs to universities with endowments exceeding $1 billion unless they agree to freeze tuition.
Implement a 10% spending cut across the board, including defense spending (excluding Social Security payments). Follow this up with a nine-month zero-based budgeting process that necessitates justification for each new expense while holding bureaucrats accountable.
Clearly state to debt-stricken states like New York and Illinois that no federal bailouts will be provided — they must get their finances in order!
Discontinue funding for sanctuary cities and states that violate federal immigration laws.
Relocate government agencies from Washington, DC, and its surrounding areas to locations where their work is most applicable: Position the Environmental Protection Agency in Flint, Michigan, the Department of Energy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, or Dallas, Texas, and the Department of the Interior in Montana.
Terminate the 30,000 new IRS agents hired under Biden’s misnamed Inflation Reduction Act.
Halve the Department of Education’s budget and redistribute the remaining funds to low-income parents in chronically underperforming school districts for alternative educational opportunities.
Discontinue all federal subsidies to individuals earning over $1 million and companies valued at over $1 billion.
Open up environmentally safe federal land for the mining of critical minerals, generating billions in royalties and lease payments.
Abolish the corrupt minority-ownership scheme that claims to promote “diversity” in federal contracts, which merely inflates construction costs.
End all foreign aid programs and cease funding for the IMF and World Bank, replacing them with airdrops of Milton Friedman’s “Capitalism and Freedom” in impoverished countries where the message is most needed.