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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 Only Path Leading All the Way Out of Our Inflation Quagmire
By Veronique de Rugy
Thursday, January 16 2025
The Federal Reserve's premature victory lap over inflation reveals a worrisome misunderstanding of the predicament we still find ourselves in. Unprecedented government spending and debt, combined with mounting fears that the debt can't (or won't) be repaid, played a misunderstood role in inflation's rise several years ago. As such, fiscal policy must be part of the solution. Otherwise, expect the recent acceleration of inflation to stick around or get worse, bringing trouble for the new administration. The pressure on the Fed to declare the race over and continue lowering interest rates is real.…
 
Europe Takes a Bite Out of America's Apple
Envy is an ugly thing – one of the seven deadly sins. Europeans have long been dripping…
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LA's Devastating Lesson for Blue Cities Everywhere
New Yorkers, Chicagoans, Denverites and other blue-city residents should feel scared as they watch Los…
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Why Javier Milei Matters
In the days leading up to the November 2023 presidential election in Argentina, a hundred "leading"…
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Trump's Real Punishment
President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced last week in the bookkeeping case brought against him by Alvin…
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“Net Neutrality” Suffers Fatal Blow in Court
Nothing symbolizes the outgoing Biden administration’s big-government incompetence, arrogance,…
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Where Did All the Fascism Talk Go?
On Monday, journalist Glenn Greenwald asked on X, "Is there a single person in DC or media acting…
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Why America Is in So Much Trouble
Shortly before Milton Friedman's death in 2006, I had the privilege of interviewing him over dinner in…
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Thinking Big as Trump, Congress Tackle Taxes
You can say what you want about Elon Musk, but he is able to pinpoint in a single tweet some of the most…
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Trump and Musk Are Right: Legal Immigrants a Boon to U.S. Economy
The media have been playing up the "civil war" inside the GOP between what Politico calls the…
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Another Biden Parting Outrage
On Monday morning, the White House announced that President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of…
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Notable Quote   
 
"American taxpayers are subsidizing a Columbia University professor who marched in pro-Hamas demonstrations on campus.Neuropsychologist Jennifer J. Manly participated in a human blockade to prevent administrators from dismantling the unauthorized encampments last April.In photos taken of the event, Manly is visible wearing an orange vest and standing with fellow Columbia professors as they marched…[more]
 
 
— Christopher F. Rufo, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and Hannah Grossman, an Investigative Reporter at the Manhattan Institute
 
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