David Marchese

Are you doing it because you want to save money? Is that the goal? Are you doing it because you want to reduce sort of the deep state, the like liberal influence over Washington? Are you doing it because you think the government does things that it shouldn't do? This is how far apart those two are.

Musk has been calling out on his Twitter account individual government employees who he thinks their jobs are too woke. Look at this person who works for this department on this woke thing. They shouldn't work for the government anymore. But firing that person is not going to change the federal budget in any meaningful way.

Musk has been calling out on his Twitter account individual government employees who he thinks their jobs are too woke. Look at this person who works for this department on this woke thing. They shouldn't work for the government anymore. But firing that person is not going to change the federal budget in any meaningful way.

You're not going to cut two trillion dollars firing one person at a time. Ramaswamy, on the other hand, has been sort of like the machete approach to government. He's talked about we should fire everybody who works for the government whose social security number ends in an odd number. So just like one of those dramas where everybody just vanishes one day, like, you know, like it's like a rapture.

You're not going to cut two trillion dollars firing one person at a time. Ramaswamy, on the other hand, has been sort of like the machete approach to government. He's talked about we should fire everybody who works for the government whose social security number ends in an odd number. So just like one of those dramas where everybody just vanishes one day, like, you know, like it's like a rapture.

We're going to rapture the government employees and one day only half of them will be there. So there's no sense that we're going to continue delivering the same services. It's just let's cut for cutting sake.

We're going to rapture the government employees and one day only half of them will be there. So there's no sense that we're going to continue delivering the same services. It's just let's cut for cutting sake.

So until the two of them can get on the same page about what they're cutting and why they're cutting, that does leave some questions about their ability to deliver any sort of significant reduction to the federal workforce.

So until the two of them can get on the same page about what they're cutting and why they're cutting, that does leave some questions about their ability to deliver any sort of significant reduction to the federal workforce.

This is clearly what animates Musk. That's what got Musk into this. He runs a lot of businesses that are regulated by the federal government. And he regards a lot of those regulations as standing in his way, standing in the way of progress. He often says standing in the way of getting humanity to Mars.

This is clearly what animates Musk. That's what got Musk into this. He runs a lot of businesses that are regulated by the federal government. And he regards a lot of those regulations as standing in his way, standing in the way of progress. He often says standing in the way of getting humanity to Mars.

And when he talks about, you know, what will this Doge committee do, he often talks about things that affect him personally. You know, I'd like to get rid of this regulation that slows down my rocket launches or that inhibits this tunnel I'm digging somewhere. So, you know, I'm not saying that he gets into this only to sort of clear the way for his businesses.

And when he talks about, you know, what will this Doge committee do, he often talks about things that affect him personally. You know, I'd like to get rid of this regulation that slows down my rocket launches or that inhibits this tunnel I'm digging somewhere. So, you know, I'm not saying that he gets into this only to sort of clear the way for his businesses.

But when he talks about what makes him mad about government and why he's so animated about this, it's clearly the regulations that impact him. So that makes sense for him to say regulations is the place we're going to start. So remember that so much of their plan revolves around using this court case that ended what we called Chevron deference.

But when he talks about what makes him mad about government and why he's so animated about this, it's clearly the regulations that impact him. So that makes sense for him to say regulations is the place we're going to start. So remember that so much of their plan revolves around using this court case that ended what we called Chevron deference.

And so their argument here is that now there's all this new power in the executive branch to basically stop enforcing rules you don't agree with. But the problem with that argument is that, according to the legal experts we've talked to, is it is 100% wrong. Okay, how?

And so their argument here is that now there's all this new power in the executive branch to basically stop enforcing rules you don't agree with. But the problem with that argument is that, according to the legal experts we've talked to, is it is 100% wrong. Okay, how?

Well, remember that the essence of that decision was it took power that had been given to the executive branch, the federal agencies, and gave it to the courts. The courts now have the power to strike down these regulations if they feel like they have overstepped the bounds.

Well, remember that the essence of that decision was it took power that had been given to the executive branch, the federal agencies, and gave it to the courts. The courts now have the power to strike down these regulations if they feel like they have overstepped the bounds.

Exactly. It doesn't do anything to say that the federal executive branch can decide to do that. In fact, it takes power away from them. So basically they're claiming a right and a power – not to enforce regulations that is nowhere in that court decision. And in fact, they probably have less power to ignore rules or reinterpret rules than they did before because that power is now in the courts.