What Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy envision for DOGE

Democrats haven't hesitated in lying about the mission envisioned by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chairs of DOGE, aka the Department of Government Efficiency.  Pocahontas, aka Sen. Elizabeth Warren is already insisting that DOGE will strip seniors of their Social Security and Medicare benefits. She actually told Fox Business Capitol Hill correspondent Hillary Vaughn that last week. That's further proof that Democrats won't hesitate to lie.

Larry Kudlow, who served both President Reagan and President Trump, now anchors his own show. He devoted this opening riff to telling his viewers what DOGE intends to focus on. First, he established his bona fides on the subject, saying "In my frequent conversations with Vivek Ramaswamy, it seems like chopping down the Regulatory State and reducing the overextended government power of the executive branch is a principal DOGE goal."

Then Mr. Kudlow got into the heart of the matter on DOGE, saying this:

I've served several presidents over the years, but I had no idea there are over 220 of these agencies. Of course, taxpayers don't need them all, and running down multiple pages of these agencies, it sure looks like many are duplicative or totally unnecessary.

Vivek has told me he intends to use Supreme Court decisions, such as West Virginia vs. EPA, and the so-called Chevron Deference decision, both of which criticized regulators for doing anything without any Congressional mandate. That of course is what central planners always do, they invent authorities to run the country, but there is no constitutional authority, there is no Congressional authority, there is no taxpayer authority. They just do it to enhance their own power. And they've been getting away with it for a long time, until now, until DOGE.

The Supreme Court has already ruled that regulations that dramatically change major pieces of legislation (think Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act) fall under the premise of the Major Case Doctrine principle. That requires Congress to pass legislation to change things like the proposed Waters of the USA regulation. That would've eliminated, without legislation, coal-fired power plants. Thanks to the West Virginia v. EPA ruling, eliminating coal-fired power plants and other megaregulations will require legislative action, followed by the president't timely signature.

Vivek and Elon intend to eliminate many of these agencies and to significantly reduce the headcount of the entire federal bureaucracy. One small item is government employees who don't bother to come to their offices to work. Federal buildings are empty, why not lease them out to private sector companies and make some money in the process?

Elminating the most expensive to comply with regulations will make those businesses more efficient, which translates into making those companies more profitable. Government gets streamlined, too. That's a win/win/win situation.

Here's Kudlow's full riff on DOGE:

Elon and Vivek also want to look at federal procurement policies and look for large-scale budget reductions. They'll work through Russ Vought's Office of Management and Budget, and his Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, to implement the DOGE recommendations.

It's been awhile since we last heard of $600 toilet seats and other foolish expenditures. Still, it's worthwhile to reform these types of procurement procedures.

After all, saving $1,000,000,000 here, another $1,000,000,000 there doesn't take long to turn into real money.