Elon Musk Is NOT the Problem

So many people have complained about DOGE and Elon Musk since the Trump Administration was sworn into office. It is time to make some points clearer so that we ALL understand this process.

 

Presidents are permitted to appoint Special Government Employees. They are non-Cabinet advisors, not subject to Senate Confirmation, who work at the pleasure of the President. Many Presidents have done this, probably since the beginning of our Constitutional Republic.

Some key positions have been: The Civilian Conservation Corps, the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, the EPA, EEOC, Homeland Security, JOBS Council, Council of Environmental Quality and Council on Climate Change.

NONE of the heads of these commissions were elected, and several, but not all, have evolved into Cabinet-level positions, which require Senate confirmation. Because their budgets have exploded.

President Trump made it very clear when he was running that Elon Musk would head the Department of Government Efficiency, for no salary or other compensation; he gave an outline of the TEMPORARY department’s scope of responsibility. And he gave an end date.

Knowing all this, he was elected President by 51% of the voters.

Keep in mind that every other head of any department listed above took a substantial salary for the time they served.

So, while Elon Musk was not elected, the person who he reports to was. And the House of Representatives created a subcommittee for oversight to DOGE.

It is terrible that people are losing their jobs because of the inefficiencies DOGE has discovered. But the blame is not the fault of Elon Musk. Instead, it is the fault of the Congress, both parties, which permitted these inefficiencies to fester for so long.

And ultimately, where did all the money go? Who received it? With the revelation of all the money being found, for example, $4.7TT unaccounted for expenses on the Treasury balance sheet and 1.1MM or more recipients of Social Security over the age of 100, we should all be upset about this, as well.

As for politicians who protest too much, perhaps an audit of their finances are in order. After all, how did they become multi-millionaires on $174,000 a year? There are many who claimed poverty when elected, and all are now worth millions.

As former President Harry Truman once said, “Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook.”