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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 ISSUES  
   
Taxes & Economy
Health Care
 
CFIF to Congress: Don’t Mimic California’s Failures in Addressing Surprise Medical Billing Problem
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Surprise medical billing – which occurs when patients suddenly receive unexpected bills from medical providers not covered by their insurance – remains an important issue demanding a Congressional…
   
 
 
Energy & Environment
CFIF's Legal Activities
Constitution & Legal
   
Sabre/Farelogix Merger: DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Needlessly Threatens U.S. Prosperity and Innovation
On Monday, January 27, trial will commence in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) misguided antitrust lawsuit seeking to prohibit…
 
Employment & Labor
Campaign Finance
Homeland Security
   
North Korean Cyber Warfare: Focused On Money, Not Missiles
Every time North Korea conducts a missile test, it understandably makes headlines around the world. While ICBMs capable of carrying nuclear payloads…
Media Issues
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) activity won’t naturally garner the screaming headlines of other Trump administration and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts to root out waste, fraud and abuse within our seemingly bottomless…
Foreign Policy
Polls have repeatedly shown that majorities of voters support the work President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency is doing to cut waste and fraud in federal spending. A recent poll by CBS News found that 51% of those surveyed believe there…
Legal Reform / Tort Reform
As America struggles to regain its footing, employers large and small face a potentially harrowing dilemma.  On the one hand, they cannot remain dormant indefinitely, and must reopen for business as soon as feasible and allow increasingly desperate…
State of Affairs
There's trouble ahead for New Yorkers distressed about crime levels. New York City's Democratic establishment, including leading mayoral candidates and the City Council majority, are determined to downsize or eliminate the city's jails altogether. They've…
Education
Just how much longer will American parents, their kids, business leaders and the political class tolerate the dreadful performance of our public schools? It's arguably the greatest threat to our nation's economic health and our national security. The…
Health Care
Get ready to be bombarded with ghoulish paid ads and Democratic politicians warning about grandmothers dying, children denied needed cancer treatments, and pregnant women suffering. The demagoguery is in full swing against Republicans' efforts to control…
Immigration
On the same day that Islamic State terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar murdered 15 Americans by plowing a car into a crowd in New Orleans, thousands of Hamas and Hezbollah supporters, many decked out in Islamist garb, descended onto Times Square chanting, "Globalize…
Technology & Telecom
The spectacular dominance of America's Magnificent Seven tech firms – with $1 trillion-plus market caps – has been a marvel to behold and a genuine source of American pride. This is a theme that both President Donald Trump…
Notable Quote   
 
"Senate Democrats say privately that they will not allow the government to shut down on Saturday, despite growing pressure from activists and liberal lawmakers who want them to kill a GOP-crafted six-month stopgap spending bill.Senate Democratic sources say Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is giving plenty of room to centrists in his caucus to vote for the House-passed continuing resolution (…[more]
 
 
— Alexander Bolton, The Hill
 
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