Presidents can’t create departments so Elon’s new thing is technically going to be an Office of Government Efficiency. Very sorry to say this, but…OOGE.
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It’s also not going to be part of the government, which makes me wonder what exactly they will be doing. Like are the departments supposed to respond tot heir requests for information? Under what authority?
Lone Skum probably thought “DOGE” was a fun acronym because “crypto” not realizing that the origin of Dogecoin was a joke made up by a couple of software engineers (one at IBM, the other at Adobe).
I presumed the whole operation would be a Special Presidential Office Of Governmental Efficiency, and that we’ll have to spend the next four years hearing about Elon’s SPOOGE.
If there's one thing I've learned from the people who are adamant that GIF should have a hard G, it's that every letter in an acronym should be pronounced the same as it is in the original word. So it's pronounced aw-o-geh
Presidents can’t but they’ve got all three chambers. Congress created DHS….Im not holding my breath on this one. We need to focus on getting them to eat one another in the house for a couple years, not hope they do the right thing.
I keep thinking... Doesn't that mean there's no authority/legitimacy for any mandate he passes down? If a government agency's power needs to be granted by Congress and this one isn't... Can we not just ignore it?
Also, if the govt is funded on continuing resolution, they can't initiate new programs or projects. So... first Congress has to fund it. Fresh OOGE, if you will. Which should be fun to watch since the House was barely able to pull together the needed CRs.
Idk who you're talking about, but if it's elong muskrat, you can rest easy knowing that he wasn't a natural born citizen of the US and therefore cannot become the president,unless some backwards ass shit happens during the trump regime that allows him to.
NGL, you say they can’t create new departments, but what is stopping that from changing? I’m sure they will find a way to get government funding. It’s concerning.
You just know they’re going to keep calling it DOGE though lol
Embarrassing for the country to have people literally making a meme out of the real actual power they’re about to possess.
the president *can* make new departments if it passes in the house. but the whole point of reorganization of departments & creating new ones is for… government efficiency. so trump is saying that he needs a new department because reorganization won’t work but please let him reorganize anyways.
We won't have to remember it very long. A billionaire who doesnt finish anything he starts and another billionaire person who isn't a staunch Trump ally. Elon gives it 6 weeks and aims victory. Ramaswamy realizes this whole thing is pointless within 6 months and leaves.
From the press release, it doesn't appear to be a government entity of any sort. Trump specifically says they'll be working from "outside government". It's simply a consulting agency that they're masquerading as an official governmental body. Less accountability while they get paid to do nothing.
Clearly with the governmental trifecta they'll fix this. So in the interim he'll be the Secretary of the Temporary Office Of Government Efficiency, or STOOGE for short.
I just assumed Trump made up a "department" to appease Elon and make him feel important without giving out any real responsibility. But that's probably assuming too much.
[Elon]: "We should create the Office of Domestic Economic Efficiency Zones Nationally Utilized Through Statistics...."
[Unlucky Interlocutor]: "You mean the-"
[Elon]: "-Office of DEEZNUTS!!!! Har, har, har! Skibidi toilet!"
He can pontificate all he wants about what he wants to do, but he has no power. He’s essentially a lobbyist to Congress and the Senate who would have to vote on his crazy proposals.
I thought they were doing one of those "not part of the government but writing closely in tandem with" things where it boils down to them essentially being part of the government but they can keep doing all the things a government employee couldn't?
I would lobby to name it a “Special Projects Office of Government Efficiency”, or “SPOOGE” for short. It seems to sum up the masturbatory future fantasy role that it’s Director craves.
Is he going to carry a sink into this office? Just asking for friends so that they can point to the bathroom in which it needs to be installed because smart asses!
while we're at it, can someone figure out whatever happened to Jared's "office of american innovation"? he did that before his job was make peace in the middle east.
For now. It will jave to go through Congress, like the Department of Homeland Security did with Bush in 2002. That department is now led by dog killer, and Trump loyalist (SA/SS) Kristi Noem.
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The BOOGER picks, as it were.
Embarrassing for the country to have people literally making a meme out of the real actual power they’re about to possess.
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SPLOOGE!
CAN A SOUTH AFRICAN HOLD POSITIONS IN AMERICAN GOVT
If they are doing their job properly, their first recommendation would be to remove OOGE. Money saved.
or COVFEFE for short. 😏
[Unlucky Interlocutor]: "You mean the-"
[Elon]: "-Office of DEEZNUTS!!!! Har, har, har! Skibidi toilet!"
...because it's all a joke to him...
TING TANG WALLA WALLA BANG BANG
SPOOGE
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A pale green translucent gelatinous ooze posing in front of a United States government seal with the words "Office of Government Efficiency" on it.
Of course, it messed up the wording.
He'll say it and sign the order and no one will stop him bc no one ever has before.
STOOGE?
don't worry, they got it covered.
You show him, Hank!
The man cannot move on from anything is his life
"efficient behavior was incentivized and rewarded within the large Nazi bureaucracy,"
https://www.dw.com/en/german-efficiency-the-roots-of-a-stereotype/a-56976234#:~:text=efficient%20behavior%20was%20incentivized%20and%20rewarded%20within%20the%20large%20Nazi%20bureaucracy%2C