reinventing government

[badgolferman]

DENVER (AP) — A new administration swept into Washington and announced
plans to shake it up, using corporate know-how and new technology to
streamline the federal bureaucracy.

It offered millions of government employees buyouts and slashed costs to
balance the budget.

It might sound like the controversial cost-cutting push led by billionaire
Elon Musk under the auspices of Republican President Donald Trump. But the
biggest effort to overhaul the federal government in modern history
actually was 30 years ago under a Democratic administration. It was
then-President Bill Clinton’s “ Reinventing Government ” initiative, under
the control of his vice president, Al Gore.

Musk himself has recently tried to associate himself with the Clinton
effort: “What @DOGE is doing is similar to Clinton/Gore Dem policies of the
1990s,” he posted on his social platform X, using his acronym for the
effort in charge of the cuts, the Department of Government Efficiency.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-doge-clinton-reinventing-government-gore-a95795eb75cacc03734ef0065c1b0a6d

[Skeezix LaRocca]

Post by badgolferman
DENVER (AP) — A new administration swept into Washington and announced
plans to shake it up, using corporate know-how and new technology to
streamline the federal bureaucracy.
It offered millions of government employees buyouts and slashed costs to
balance the budget.
It might sound like the controversial cost-cutting push led by billionaire
Elon Musk under the auspices of Republican President Donald Trump. But the
biggest effort to overhaul the federal government in modern history
actually was 30 years ago under a Democratic administration. It was
then-President Bill Clinton’s “ Reinventing Government ” initiative, under
the control of his vice president, Al Gore.
Musk himself has recently tried to associate himself with the Clinton
1990s,” he posted on his social platform X, using his acronym for the
effort in charge of the cuts, the Department of Government Efficiency.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-doge-clinton-reinventing-government-gore-a95795eb75cacc03734ef0065c1b0a6d

Just my shithouse hunch, but in a few months or so, the untouched work
load that these layoffs caused will lead to the hiring of new workers,
in you guessed it, the private sector. Of course these outsourced jobs
will go to *friends* of the powers that be..Lots of money will come in,
but you and I won't see a penny.

[badgolferman]

Post by Skeezix LaRocca

Post by badgolferman
DENVER (AP) — A new administration swept into Washington and announced
plans to shake it up, using corporate know-how and new technology to
streamline the federal bureaucracy.
It offered millions of government employees buyouts and slashed costs to
balance the budget.
It might sound like the controversial cost-cutting push led by billionaire
Elon Musk under the auspices of Republican President Donald Trump. But the
biggest effort to overhaul the federal government in modern history
actually was 30 years ago under a Democratic administration. It was
then-President Bill Clinton’s “ Reinventing Government ” initiative, under
the control of his vice president, Al Gore.
Musk himself has recently tried to associate himself with the Clinton
1990s,” he posted on his social platform X, using his acronym for the
effort in charge of the cuts, the Department of Government Efficiency.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-doge-clinton-reinventing-government-gore-a95795eb75cacc03734ef0065c1b0a6d

Just my shithouse hunch, but in a few months or so, the untouched work
load that these layoffs caused will lead to the hiring of new workers,
in you guessed it, the private sector. Of course these outsourced jobs
will go to *friends* of the powers that be..Lots of money will come in,
but you and I won't see a penny.

I’m not against the notion of showing unproductive workers the door,
especially in government… but Musk has been a total asshole in his approach
and likely illegal which is yet to be determined. It’s also not a good look
having him do it. If Vance was the one heading DOGE it would have better
visuals.