silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoDOGE Isn’t Saving Money, So What’s It Really Doing? Six theories (maybe seven) try to get at the root of Elon Musk’s pet projectwww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down17
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minus-squareCubitOom@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-21 day agohttps://archive.ph/1sC0H There are many, many theories on this. In March, Alex Nowrasteh and Ryan Bourne of the libertarian Cato Institute tried to organize them into “six theoretical models for understanding DOGE’s action to date”: DOGE is seeking to purge progressive influence within the federal government. DOGE is a scaled-up public version of Musk’s style of corporate restructuring applied to the federal government. DOGE is the first step of a public relations campaign to build popular support for spending cuts. DOGE is an essential component of a Trump administration legal challenge to expand the president’s power of impoundment. DOGE provides political cover for Congress to be even more fiscally irresponsible. DOGE is about self-interest and cronyism. DOGE is building a surveillance state or, if you prefer, a less-siloed government.
minus-squareBrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoSadly, it could be a combination of all if these things.
https://archive.ph/1sC0H
There are many, many theories on this. In March, Alex Nowrasteh and Ryan Bourne of the libertarian Cato Institute tried to organize them into “six theoretical models for understanding DOGE’s action to date”:
Sadly, it could be a combination of all if these things.