DOGE! Can Government Be Efficient & Cost Less? Do Congress, Interest Groups, & Trump Actually Want This? Can this Debate Stay on Point? National Debt? No Curb on Entitlements & Military?

The Best Paragraph I've Read: "With a decisive electoral mandate and a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court, DOGE has a historic opportunity for structural reductions in the federal government. We are prepared for the onslaught from entrenched interests in Washington. We expect to prevail. Now is the moment for decisive action. Our top goal for DOGE is to eliminate the need for its existence by July 4, 2026—the expiration date we have set for our project. There is no better birthday gift to our nation on its 250th anniversary than to deliver a federal government that would make our Founders proud." This paragraph comes from an essay in the Wall Street Journal. The essay it titled: "The DOGE Plan to Reform Government." The authors are Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswamy. You can read the full essay here: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/musk-and-ramaswamy-the-doge-plan-to-reform-government-supreme-court-guidance-end-executive-power-grab-fa51c020 Zac & Don discuss DOGE. They wonder about the biggest challenges and how we can measure success. They also wonder if talking about government reform is hard to stay on point. They discuss a number of articles about this topic throughout the conversation: Government Efficiency: What Can It Possibly Mean? Regulating Sausage The Case for and against creating a Military Cyber Force Musk Targets Trumps Favorite Fighter Jet