Elon Musk on Wednesday unveiled his plans for his new role as “efficiency czar,” announcing a crackdown on federal spending and workforce backed by the president-elect’s executive powers. donald trump and a conservative Supreme Court.
In The Wall Street Journal, the world’s richest man stated that he is targeting hundreds of billions of dollars in government spending, including funds for public broadcasting and abortion rights organization Planned Parenthood. He also noted that bureaucracy represents an “existential threat” to American democracy.
The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX He said that, along with businessman and Trump loyalist Vivek Ramaswamy, they will work to reduce federal regulations and achieve significant administrative cuts and cost savings.
«We are entrepreneurs, not politicians. “We will serve as outside volunteers, not as federal officials or employees,” Musk and Ramaswamy wrote in their most detailed statements since Trump appointed them as leaders of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Musk indicated that DOGE will draw up a list of regulations issued by government agencies without congressional approval, which Trump could override through executive orders.
“When the president rolls back thousands of these regulations, critics will say this is an abuse of executive power. In fact, will be to correct the abuse of power of thousands of regulations enacted without authorization from Congress,” Musk said.
He added that the reduction in regulations will open the way for “massive staff cuts in the federal bureaucracy” and that DOGE will seek to reduce more than $500 billion in government spending.
«With a decisive electoral mandate and a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court, DOGE has a historic opportunity to make structural reductions in the federal government,” Musk concluded.
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