The two laid out their plans in an editorial for The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, emphasizing that the government should be run by the elected and not the permanent, unelected bureaucracy. “Most government enforcement decisions and discretionary expenditures aren’t made by the democratically elected president or even his political appointees but by millions of unelected, unappointed civil servants within government agencies who view themselves as immune from firing thanks to civil-service protections,” Musk and Ramaswamy contend.
Musk and Ramaswamy note that while the President cannot—arguably—target individual positions for elimination, federal law allows for “‘reductions in force’ that don’t target specific employees.” Finally, they propose an aggressive legal challenge to the 1974 Impoundment Control Act.
Technology and space exploration mogul Elon Musk and entrepreneur-turned-2024 Republican presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy have unveiled their vision for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which they will spearhead under President-elect Donald J.
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