DOGE's False Foundational Premise

The widely circulated "truth" that our government is way too large isn't true at all.

“Three million employees!” That’s the battle cry of Elon and Felon47 and the DOGEbags. Their battle cry is intended to perpetuate the myth that our federal government is not only bloated but full of people who are entirely dispensable.

Elon and company have been slashing and burning the structures of our government without compunction, randomly shrinking staffing, often entirely oblivious to the vital functions that the employees fulfill. They’re equally oblivious to the consequences those cuts will have on the rest of America.

It’s effective propaganda for the people they’ve been grooming for the last decade or so to be suspicious of government, but that builds on an existing foundation of mistruths. The Republican Party has actually been singing this song for several decades. Remember St. Reagan’s nine most terrifying words in the English lang…