Amanda Aronchik

Though not quite at this pace. Today on the show, what we learned the last time, where they found waste, and why jobs just might not be the best place to look if you're trying to save taxpayers' money.

Though not quite at this pace. Today on the show, what we learned the last time, where they found waste, and why jobs just might not be the best place to look if you're trying to save taxpayers' money.

Though not quite at this pace. Today on the show, what we learned the last time, where they found waste, and why jobs just might not be the best place to look if you're trying to save taxpayers' money.

So, yeah, the number of federal jobs has stayed about the same, even though the U.S. population has grown by 68 percent. But, you know, yeah, maybe there's still too many jobs. OK, surely you think that there is some waste in the government, right, or that there are some federal positions maybe that shouldn't even exist.

So, yeah, the number of federal jobs has stayed about the same, even though the U.S. population has grown by 68 percent. But, you know, yeah, maybe there's still too many jobs. OK, surely you think that there is some waste in the government, right, or that there are some federal positions maybe that shouldn't even exist.

So, yeah, the number of federal jobs has stayed about the same, even though the U.S. population has grown by 68 percent. But, you know, yeah, maybe there's still too many jobs. OK, surely you think that there is some waste in the government, right, or that there are some federal positions maybe that shouldn't even exist.

And you would know because you have done this exact thing.

And you would know because you have done this exact thing.

And you would know because you have done this exact thing.

Yeah. At the time, there was this story circling around about government waste and government inefficiency. And it all started with this mythical hammer. The story was if you bought a hammer like on the street, your local hardware store, it would cost six dollars. But if the federal government bought a hammer, it cost four hundred dollars. The $400 federal hammer.

Yeah. At the time, there was this story circling around about government waste and government inefficiency. And it all started with this mythical hammer. The story was if you bought a hammer like on the street, your local hardware store, it would cost six dollars. But if the federal government bought a hammer, it cost four hundred dollars. The $400 federal hammer.

Yeah. At the time, there was this story circling around about government waste and government inefficiency. And it all started with this mythical hammer. The story was if you bought a hammer like on the street, your local hardware store, it would cost six dollars. But if the federal government bought a hammer, it cost four hundred dollars. The $400 federal hammer.

And it cost this much because of all the federal rules and regulations around buying something for the government. The paperwork, the red tape, the people involved in just procuring the hammer.

And it cost this much because of all the federal rules and regulations around buying something for the government. The paperwork, the red tape, the people involved in just procuring the hammer.

And it cost this much because of all the federal rules and regulations around buying something for the government. The paperwork, the red tape, the people involved in just procuring the hammer.

You can kind of say that RIGO was the precursor to DOGE. And they hired Elaine Kamarck to steer the ship for their big effort.

You can kind of say that RIGO was the precursor to DOGE. And they hired Elaine Kamarck to steer the ship for their big effort.

You can kind of say that RIGO was the precursor to DOGE. And they hired Elaine Kamarck to steer the ship for their big effort.

There were three prongs to Rego's mission. They were going to make the federal government more modern, like get every federal agency on email and actually just on the internet.

There were three prongs to Rego's mission. They were going to make the federal government more modern, like get every federal agency on email and actually just on the internet.