Source: New York Post
by staff
“As Elon Musk steps back from his role at the Department of Government Efficiency, making the savings his team found stick is now in Congress’s hands. DOGE’s crack team of mostly young techies shined a light on surreal instances of fraud and waste, from the literal mine where all federal government employee resignations are processed by hand to millions of dollars in fake unemployment claims filed with birth dates 15 years in the future. But for all of the fanfare, outrage, and outright hysteria over DOGE’s supposedly drastic measures, the department’s actual power was limited to mostly cancelling grants and contracts, which put a major cap on how much in savings could actually be realized. Much of the discretionary spending it lined up for the chopping block was approved by Congress, and Congress alone can decide its fate.” (05/31/25)
https://nypost.com/2025/05/31/opinion/doge-started-war-on-waste-its-up-to-congress-to-finish-it/