FREEDOM LINE BLOG: 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…
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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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Don't Write Off DOGE
By Veronique de Rugy
Thursday, December 12 2024
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. Spending on these three programs represents roughly half of 2025's $7 trillion budget, and more…
 
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