New Delhi:
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy:
After the elections in America, the elected President Donald Trump had announced the creation of a new department. He had also talked about naming elon musk and vivek ramaswamy this department as DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE). After winning the election, he also said that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will be given the responsibility of this department. This department will work on steps to increase the output of government work and will also work on reducing government expenditure.
Emphasis on cutting government expenses
It is noteworthy that for months, the world’s richest person Elon Musk had been insisting on a department to cut the expenses of the US government.
It is being said that DOGE will be an advisory department that will work closely with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). OMB is a White House office responsible for helping the current President bring budget proposals to Congress. Musk has given official government certificates to the department on his owned social media platform X.
how will the work be done
A former senior Trump administration official says that everything we have heard so far suggests that what Allen and Vivek are proposing to do is similar to what the Office of Management and Budget and GAO (Government Accountability Office) are doing. will be. OMB specifically serves the President to help manage federal agencies in the executive branch. Anything that goes to the President has to go through OMB first. That means whatever comes from the President to other agencies, has to go through OMB first.
will not be given cabinet post
Despite this, it will not be an official cabinet post, which would require the formation of a new government agency. But, this will require the approval of Congress. It is noteworthy that the Department of Homeland Security was created in 2003 after the attacks of September 11, 2001. This is the newest department created in America.
How much does Musk want to cut?
It is noteworthy that Elon Musk has promised to cut the annual budget of the US government by $ 2 trillion or more than one third. The biggest thing is that Elon Musk said that he wants to reduce the number of agencies from 428 to 99.
Which departments can be closed
Which departments can Elon Musk consider eliminating? He himself has hinted about it. Last week, he shared an old interview with Milton Friedman on X in which the economist gave a list of government departments that should be abolished. This includes agriculture, education, commerce departments. He also said that Milton Friedman was the best.
Vivek wants to reduce 75 percent jobs
Vivek Ramaswamy will also co-lead this office. He says he wants to cut the federal government workforce by 75 percent. The federal government employs approximately 2 million citizens. It can be understood from Ramaswamy’s statement that a cut of 75 percent would mean that 1.5 million people would be out of jobs.
On this, experts say that many services ranging from food coupons (these coupons are given to the poor in exchange for which they take grains) to defense expenditure will end.
Who with Musk and Vivek
Trump ally and Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has been selected to lead the DOGE subcommittee in the House of Representatives to promote spending-cutting efforts. In this they have to outline a plan to fire government employees. For information, let us tell you that the subcommittee has not been formed yet.
Musk has acknowledged that this move will create temporary difficulties, but it is for long-term prosperity.
Under which schedule F will the job go?
Musk and Ramaswamy argued that Trump would be able to unilaterally cut government jobs under a policy called Schedule F. It’s like an executive order. A similar order was signed by Trump during his first term and never took effect.
Musk’s firing record
Musk has a long record of firing people essential to his companies’ key functions. This also includes such actions during the acquisition of Twitter when they fired half of their employees. Due to this, there were systemic failures in the company. After the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk, the company’s market value has fallen by 80 percent.
It is worth noting that Musk has tweeted that DOGE wants to hire people with high intelligence who are willing to work 80 hours a week for no money and to apply they will have to purchase a subscription to X.
Let us tell you that according to the press release of the Trump team, Musk’s appointment is till July 4, 2026, on the occasion of the country’s 250th birthday.
