In a normal administration, DOGE wouldn't exist. [View all]

[Aussie105]

Musk is inexperienced in how different government departments run.
He can't tell what is waste and what is effective use of money and manpower, but he does have the task of slashing costs, so he does the slash and burn thing.

In a sane world, heads of all government departments would be asked:

1. What is the function of your department?
2, What tasks are your workers normally engaged in?
3. What numbers of employees are there on each task, and materials costs. Please supply wages and materials totals, and any contracts you have with outside suppliers.
4. Please make suggestions where savings could be made in the running of your department.

But Elon does the slash and burn, sends out bulk insulting emails, and is doing major damage. And Trump doesn't care.