Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L. Knapp
“DOGE won’t really be a government department, just an ‘advisory’ commission that can make ‘recommendations’ to cut costs, improve operations, etc. But I expect it will at least achieve ‘bully pulpit’ status to move public opinion, MAYBE resulting in a few actions. So let’s try this recommendation on for bully pulpit size: Two thirds of both houses of Congress should propose, and three quarters of the state legislatures should ratify, a constitutional amendment permanently setting PRE-federal-income-tax congressional salary at the previous year’s POST-federal-income-tax personal per capita income.” (12/28/24)