FREEDOM LINE BLOG: Image of the Day: The Vast Federal Bloat That DOGE Targets
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Image of the Day: The Vast Federal Bloat That DOGE Targets

In this week's Liberty Update, we highlight how the Trump Administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is finally confronting the bloated federal workforce, which includes malfeasant officials like former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent Lois Lerner.  In that vein, our friends at Unleash Prosperity offer a visual today on just how vast and bloated that federal workforce has become:

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="541"] What DOGE Confronts[/caption]

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March 06, 2025 • 10:13 AM
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The Biden Economic Hangover
By Byron York
Wednesday, February 12 2025
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— Christopher F. Rufo, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and Hannah Grossman, an Investigative Reporter at the Manhattan Institute
 
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