DOGE

DOGE: A Dodgy Path to Deregulation

It’s supposed to be cost-saving, but the savings are trivial on the scale of the federal budget.

Musk and Ramaswami have said that their DOGE project will cut the federal budget by eliminating unnecessary regulations and cutting regulatory agencies. Putting aside what “unnecessary” means here, that’s not even going to be a downpayment on the kind of budget cuts they’re seeking. The numbers are pretty simple. Suppose they eliminated EPA entirely. That …

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