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The Challenges Facing the Department of Government Efficiency

The Challenges Facing the Department of Government Efficiency
(Left) Entrepreneur and author Vivek Ramaswamy arrives on stage for the first Republican presidential primary debate at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on Aug. 23, 2023. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images) (Right) Elon Musk attends the 2022 Met Gala celebrating "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 2, 2022. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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President-elect Donald Trump has stated his desire to create a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), to be headed by two hugely successful entrepreneurs—Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. The nomenclature of the proposed department is problematic, since “government efficiency” is an oxymoron. The Commission to Shrink Government would have been more accurate. But DOGE it is, and slashing spending and bureaucracies is a goal much to be desired and urgently needed.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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