DOGE; Dog or God
It’s safe to say that Elon Musk and DOGE (the Department of Government Efficiency) have occupied more of our collective conscious thought in the last month than could have ever been predicted. Check out national news, there they are. Local news, there they are. Twitter (X), same. Facebook, Instagram, etc. He’s at CPAC, the Oval Office, the Cabinet meeting, Joe Rogan. He’s ubiquitous, and for good reason. Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency has been tasked with cutting the fat in the federal budget. And for some reason, whenever I read about Musk and DOGE, this is the image that pops in my head: A more apt analogy might be Freddy Krueger performing dental work. There are issues in your mouth that need to be taken care of, but the lack of subtlety and precision by Dr. Krueger’s scissor hands ultimately do more damage to the healthy parts of the mouth in or...