Here's a quick piece I wrote up on how to understand DOGE as a very blatant attempt at procurement capture, a simple way of making government spending corrupt to benefit the tycoons. Please do pass it along & share any feedback! https://www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/DOGE-procurement-capture/ (Thx for the nudge to write it!)
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Republicans have been doing this from inside Congress in every admin. Why would an external party have more power?
The difference is spelled out - right now laws and regs govern procurement. Elon wants to be an end run around them and will continue to threaten violence towards federal workers who hold the line.
But that's not a DOGE thing. That's Congress and every admin, R or D. I am constantly told this is an untouchable subject. Drives me nuts. We'd be safer with half.
I half expected DOGE to just implement and slap a Shiba Inu sticker on it and call it a win — but then the bullying started
How people still haven't caught on to what they keep trying to do is just mindblowing.
https://youtu.be/VmdhCaFMyss?t=33
Especially in the tech arena - govt can choose “best value”, though that doesn’t alter the essence of your articulation of the challenge that DOGE presents…
https://bsky.app/profile/chickenlady.bsky.social/post/3lew6iy5zjk2w
I just reckon you're going to be dealing with a bigger Thatcher phase again. Tough lessons will be learned, and my God, hopefully, ya'll vote on anything besides grocery prices.
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National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform meeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDb5iLeu0Lo
Even though Musk is terrible, I would actually feel better about DOGE if he was doing it himself
But every dude he brings in (they will all be dudes) will be expert on one arcane issue & will change rules on that issue to benefit his own company. Corruption multiplied