Musk and Ramaswamy Plan Sweeping Government Agency Cuts
TL;DR
Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy has proposed a drastic method for reducing the federal workforce by using Social Security numbers to determine layoffs, suggesting a 75% reduction could be achieved by eliminating employees based on whether their numbers are odd or even. This approach is presented as a technocratic solution to streamline government operations.
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- Column | The dream of gutting government, offered with a technocratic veneer The Washington Post
- Musk, Ramaswamy to begin cuts with executive action, lay groundwork for Congress to cut costs Fox News
- Musk's DOGE wants to 'delete' entire government agencies. Here's where the most people are employed and what they make. Business Insider
- Cathie Wood says Elon Musk will succeed in his audit of the federal government because he has 'more proprietary data' than anyone Fortune
- Ramaswamy: ‘We expect certain agencies to be deleted outright’ The Hill
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