Elon Musk’s DOGE Was a Cost-Cutting Failure But That Wasn't the Point
DOGE promised $2 trillion in savings. Federal spending rose instead.
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was created with one stated mission. Cut federal spending.
It failed. Well, it succeeded in other ways, which I’ll get to a bit later.
According to an investigation by The New York Times, overall federal spending increased during the period DOGE was operating, despite Musk’s repeated claims that his t…
