Musk, Ramaswamy have few answers for tough DOGE questions from GOP

[Eugene]

Source: The Hill

Musk, Ramaswamy have few answers for tough DOGE questions from GOP

by Emily Brooks and Miranda Nazzaro - 12/05/24 6:12 PM ET

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy had few good answers Thursday for how the new “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) will meet its lofty goals of slashing $2 trillion in spending during a buzzy meeting with GOP lawmakers.

In a session that included both House and Senate Republicans, the two businessmen appointed by President-elect Trump to lead DOGE heard plenty of suggestions on how to cut spending and government waste — including some ideas that have circulated among conservatives for years.

Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) described the meeting as a “listening session.”

“Probably half of them in there are really excited, and the other half know reality,” Miller said of those attending the meeting. His remarks alluded to doubts among Capitol Hill Republicans about DOGE’s ability to cut spending and radically reshape government.

Some members left the meeting highly skeptical Musk and Ramaswamy will be able to get anything like $2 trillion in spending cuts through Congress.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5025429-musk-ramaswamy-government-efficiency/

[Midnight Writer]

1. They are cranks and con artists. This is a simple power/wealth grab by the already filthy rich.

[Biophilic]

2. I'm wondering how much it's going to cost this country for them to "save" money.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Government shrinks while they walk off with the loot

Trump will need to dissolve Congress for it to pass.