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Veronique de Rugy

Musk's Department of Government Efficiency Can—and Should—Tackle Medicare and Social Security

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy want to cut $2 trillion and make the government more efficient. It's a high priority since the United States is barreling toward a fiscal crisis. Yet despite the mounting evidence of unsustainable spending and deficits, lots of people seem to believe that the goals of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, are dead on arrival. Why? Because these doubters believe that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are completely off-limits for cuts.

This is nonsense.

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