The notion of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy overseeing the upcoming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is stirring significant interest following an announcement by President-elect Donald Trump.
This initiative could potentially revolutionize the way government operates, prompting opposition from those in power who are wary of Musk’s association with Trump and the potential impact it could have on media freedom and government transformation.
An illustration of the positive effect competent leadership can have is evident in the accomplishments of Javier Milei, who successfully converted a long-standing deficit into a surplus within a short period, marking the first time in over a century for their nation.
It may take a little longer for us, but how do you do it? With commitment, will and afuera!
Argentina’s Monthly Inflation Rate…
Dec 2023 (Javier Milei takes office): 25.5%
Jan 2024: 20.6%
Feb 2024: 13.2%
Mar 2024: 11.0%
Apr 2024: 8.8%
May 2024: 4.3%
Jun 2024: 4.6%
Jul 2024: 4.0%
Aug 2024: 4.2%
Sep 2024: 3.5%
Oct 2024: 2.7%
Afuera! pic.twitter.com/RdklGHRz5i
— Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) November 13, 2024
Javier Milei meets Vivek Ramaswamy. Afuera! pic.twitter.com/2sL2SmJXfY
— Catch Up (@CatchUpFeed) February 24, 2024
These are not new thoughts, it’s just the will that’s been missing.
Musk cited remarks from Ronald Reagan from 1975, before he was president. But it’s all kinds of sense when it comes to tax policy as he explains that even then the government was taking about half of what Americans earn. Reagan spoke out against taxes on businesses that the left pushes but then end up landing on the people.
Very wise words
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 24, 2024
“We oughta have tax reform, and we oughta start by making it so simple you don’t have to hire a lawyer to figure out how much you owe every year,” Reagan said.
“We live in the only country in the world where it takes more brains to figure out your income tax than it does to earn the income,” he quipped.
“There’s very little that government can do as efficiently and economically that people can’t do themselves. And If government would shut the doors and sneak away for three weeks, we’d never miss ’em.”
That is so true and takes on special meaning when the powers that be are always threatening government shutdowns to try to get bad bills passed.
Then Reagan really nails the problem of the “unelected bureaucracy” that truly determines more policy than the Congress of the United States (and now, may just have been running the country for the last four years).
Reagan foreshadows DOGE and Sen. Rand Paul’s Festivus report when he explains how they spent $249,000 on a study about the “Demography of Happiness.”
What did it find? He explains it found out that young people were happier than old people, they found out that people who earned more were happier than people who earned less. And they found out that well people were happier than sick people. “That’s $249,000 to find out it’s better to be rich, young and healthy than old, poor, and sick.”
The answer to curing inflation is a balanced budget, Reagan declared. He knew that then, we all know it. Yet Democrats and many in Congress of both parties are contend to spend like it’s going out of style, without any consideration for the effect. The effect under Biden was crushing prices on everybody.
Carson said you have to spend less than what you take in.
Reagan responded, “It’s like protecting your virtue. You have to learn to say ‘No.'” That killed Johnny Carson.
Then, Reagan said why can’t we have a law that every time a member of Congress introduces a spending program, he has to introduce a tax program to pay for it, and let the people find out. Then you’d really have a slowing of spending if it always had a consequence that people could see.
How much of a tangle is everything in? The Office of Management and Budget can’t even tell you how many “boards, commissions, agencies, bureaus, and departments there are in the federal government.”
We’ve been talking about this for almost 50 years. We’re at a point where the words are more true than ever and where we now have a golden opportunity.
You finally have Trump, Musk, and Ramaswamy with the force and the will. Now, they need to harness that same common sense and make it happen, despite the people who will try to stand in their way.
