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From Fox Business: Elon Musk and fellow billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy are already looking at what parts of the government could be slashed as they team up to lead President-elect Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The Tesla CEO on Wednesday pointed to famed economist Milton Friedman’s opinion from decades ago about how bloated the government had become.
“Milton Friedman was the best,” Musk wrote in a post on X, sharing an interview the late Nobel laureate gave, wherein he went through a list of entire federal agencies that should never have been created in the first place, as well as those that he felt were important.
In the interview, Friedman indicated the following agencies should be kept:
- U.S. Department of Defense
- Department of Justice
- State Department
- Treasury Department
- Health & Human Services (keep half and eliminate half)
Friedman said the National Institute of Health should not be a government agency, since it is mostly research.
However, Friedman said the following departments are useless and should be abolished:
- Department of Education
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Energy (except for nuclear issues, which should be moved to Defense Dept.)
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of Labor
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Veterans Affairs
Regarding the Department of the Interior, Friedman said it should remain only until the federal government sells off all the land it owns — except for the land which federal buildings sit on.
WATCH BELOW:
Milton Friedman was the best
pic.twitter.com/CeLlQnNWHo— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 20, 2024
Musk also re-posted a statement by the newly-created DOGE account, which responds to a Washington Times report.
“Federal government agencies are using, on average, just 12% of the space in their DC headquarters. The Department of Agriculture, with space for more than 7,400 people, averaged 456 workers each day (6% occupancy). Why are American taxpayer dollars being spent to maintain empty buildings?” DOGE wrote.
Federal government agencies are using, on average, just 12% of the space in their DC headquarters. The Department of Agriculture, with space for more than 7,400 people, averaged 456 workers each day (6% occupancy).
Why are American taxpayer dollars being spent to maintain empty… pic.twitter.com/qqhlqb3gRT
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) November 21, 2024
There are well over 400 Federal agencies.
I was once in a meeting with a new agency that was being formed, but it didn’t have a name yet.
The reason it didn’t have a name was that all the good acronyms were taken! https://t.co/0Xvei7nWln
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 21, 2024
America would go through a tumultuous transition on its way to becoming an unencumbered, debt-free paradise.
The bloated debt-ridden behemoth she is now provides fertile ground for Democrat kickbacks and corruption, and voters are sick to death of it. https://t.co/HhKYqL4DAt
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) November 20, 2024
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