{"id":18676,"date":"2024-11-18T13:17:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T11:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/musk-ally-predicts-major-government-staff-reductions\/"},"modified":"2024-11-18T13:17:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T11:17:24","slug":"musk-ally-predicts-major-government-staff-reductions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/musk-ally-predicts-major-government-staff-reductions\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk Ally Predicts Major Government Staff Reductions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration, the US federal government is set to undergo significant staff reductions. This was stated by entrepreneur and head of the <span data-descr=\"Department of Government Efficiency \u2014 \u0414\u0435\u043f\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442 \u044d\u0444\u0444\u0435\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0433\u043e\u0441\u0443\u0434\u0430\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0443\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f\" class=\"old_tooltip\">DOGE<\/span>, Vivek Ramaswamy, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-11-17\/ramaswamy-sees-massive-cuts-for-contractors-in-efficiency-push\">Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He believes that &#8220;federal contractors exploit the government,&#8221; leading to &#8220;massive waste, fraud, and abuse.&#8221; As part of the efficiency drive, some agencies will be completely eliminated, Ramaswamy noted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;We expect massive reductions in areas of the federal government that are bloated, as well as among federal contractors and others who overcharge the government,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ramaswamy did not specify particular contractors, and it remains unclear how the efficiency campaign will be structured.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the leadership of DOGE, which includes billionaire Elon Musk, announced plans to implement necessary reforms by July 4, 2026 \u2014 the 250th anniversary of the United States&#8217; declaration of independence.<\/p>\n<p>The new department will collaborate with the White House Office of Management and Budget in carrying out its activities.<\/p>\n<p>While working at DOGE, Musk and Ramaswamy will refrain from discussions and decisions that personally affect them. According to Bloomberg, SpaceX holds over $15 billion in federal contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Both DOGE leaders have previously expressed opposition to government regulations. Ramaswamy opposed the implementation of CBDC and condemned the government for sanctions against the crypto mixer Tornado Cash.<\/p>\n<p>Musk supported Senator Mike Lee&#8217;s call to abolish the Federal Reserve System.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration, the US federal government is set to undergo significant staff reductions. This was stated by entrepreneur and head of the DOGE, Vivek Ramaswamy, as reported by Bloomberg. He believes that &#8220;federal contractors exploit the government,&#8221; leading to &#8220;massive waste, fraud, and abuse.&#8221; As part of the efficiency drive, some agencies will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1276,26],"class_list":["post-18676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-layoffs","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"11","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}