DOGE Isn’t Saving Money, So What’s It Really Doing?
www.bloomberg.com
Six theories (maybe seven) try to get at the root of Elon Musk’s pet project.
  • CubitOom@infosec.pubEnglish
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    2 days ago

    https://archive.ph/1sC0H

    There are many, many theories on this. In March, Alex Nowrasteh and Ryan Bourne of the libertarian Cato Institute tried to organize them into “[six theoretical models for understanding DOGE’s action to date](> https://archive.ph/o/1sC0H/https://www.cato.org/blog/six-ways-understand-doge-predict-its-future-behavior)”:

    1. DOGE is seeking to purge progressive influence within the federal government.
    2. DOGE is a scaled-up public version of Musk’s style of corporate restructuring applied to the federal government.
    3. DOGE is the first step of a public relations campaign to build popular support for spending cuts.
    4. DOGE is an essential component of a Trump administration legal challenge to expand the president’s power of impoundment.
    5. DOGE provides political cover for Congress to be even more fiscally irresponsible.
    6. DOGE is about self-interest and cronyism.
    7. DOGE is building a surveillance state or, if you prefer, a less-siloed government.