Congress hasn't voted to create DOGE, and there's been no executive order, but President Trump-elect advisers Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are spearheading the enterprise anyway.
GOP Rep. Mark Alford of Missouri proposed on Monday that programs like Social Security and Medicare be cut to appease the incoming Trump administration’s bogus Department of Government Efficiency—aka billionaire Elon Musk’s vanity project.DOGE (yes, it’s named like the meme and the cryptocurrency) is being led by Musk and fellow billionaire tech bro Vivek Ramaswamy and aims to cut $2 trillion in government spending.In an appearance on Fox Business’ “Mornings with Maria,” Alford argued that the key social safety net programs need to go on the chopping block in order to meet this goal.
Rep. Mark Alford (R-Mo.) is floating Medicare and Social Security as potential areas of focus for President-elect Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Alford was pressed about potential cost-cutting recommendations by DOGE during his Monday appearance on Fox Business Network’s Mornings With Maria. The congressman noted, in response, that GOP members recently sat down [...]
Rep. Mark Alford, R-Mo., says he wants to bring communications skills he honed as a TV news anchor to the powerful spending panel. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
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