Billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will take over a brand new effort to make the federal government extra environment friendly.
President-elect Donald Trump’s new “Division of Authorities Effectivity,” or DOGE, is a authorities effectivity effort that has turned a public highlight onto authorities waste and duplication in a means not finished for years.
Whereas journalists and nonprofits have been writing about examples of presidency waste throughout that point, little or no of it really received a lot consideration.
Musk created a Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) account on X the place he’s asking followers for solutions.
Apart from lopping off complete businesses, listed below are some examples of controversial federal spending that, based mostly on Musk and Ramaswamy’s latest feedback, may very well be within the line of fireplace for coming cuts:
- Billions to take care of workplace buildings, a lot of that are empty as workers make money working from home.
- $6 million for United States Company for Worldwide Growth to
increase tourism in Egypt. - $400 million of taxpayer {dollars} for presidential campaigns.
- $2.6 million in taxpayer {dollars} to fund a crucial race idea program that trains college students to advertise CRT.
- Millions to coach faculty academics in DEI.
- Hundreds of millions of FEMA {dollars} for migrants.
- Tens of millions per year for DEI on the Pentagon.
- Practically $32 million in COVID funding for luxurious automobiles.
- $1.2 million in taxpayer {dollars} to search out proof that racism is accountable for poor sleep in minority communities.
- $426,250 for an app to encourage Latino males to exercise.
- $28 million for camouflage uniforms which you could see.
- Billions in improper funds of COVID funds to companies.
- $100 million for initiatives in rich Manhattan.
- $1 million for the West Harlem “Environmental Justice Middle.”
- $50 million by way of “Environmental Justice” grant to anti-Israel group.
- $3 billion total for “Environmental Justice” grants to teams, a lot of that are accused of partisanship.
- A part of New York’s $9 billion in federal COVID funding went to coach employees in ‘culturally responsive sustaining instruction’ and ‘privilege’ and to acknowledge ‘fairness warriors.’”
- $200,000 spent by the Division of Protection on Starbucks espresso machines
- Millions to check COVID “misinformation.”
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