Democrat Frost slams DOGE: Billionaires 'cosplaying as government officials'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

12/06/24 1:48 PM ET


Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) criticized President-elect Trump’s choices to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), saying it’s “two billionaires who are cosplaying as government officials.” “Let’s be honest about DOGE and this whole thing, it’s a joke,” he said Thursday evening on MSNBC, noting DOGE is “not an actual department of this government.”

Trump tapped tech billionaire Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the advisory body — a decision that has spurred much controversy.

DOGE was created with the objective to “slash wasteful spending” and help restructure the government. Trump has also said that it will “provide advice and guidance” from outside of government. Several legislators from both sides of the aisle have already joined the related caucus, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is already set to chair a subcommittee related to DOGE and its efforts.

“I’m all for making our government more efficient, but we have to look at the proposition here,” said Frost, who was reelected last month for a second House term. “The proposition of these two guys is that to make the government more efficient we gotta fire a bunch of people and take away a bunch of funding.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5026681-maxwell-frost-doge-musk-ramaswamy/

[Karasu]

1. That is EXACTLY what it is. It's not even an actual department. It's a fiction. A fantasy. A fucking joke. And

Republicans seriously want to give their cosplay fantasy actual power. This is not a valid political party.

[Bengus81]

8. Wonder if Eloon ever got those silicon valley people to work for free for him and Vivek?

He was asking,bet people are lining up.................

[Karasu]

9. I had almost forgotten about that! LOL

[DinahMoeHum]

2. That there are TWO heads of this "department". . .

. . .shows how unserious these people in Trump's orbit are.

Two queen bees in one organization? Nah.

Pass the popcorn.

[Historic NY]

5. Two headed snake, one will eat the other

[LisaM]

3. I don't care if government is efficient. That's not the point.

It's not some VC startup that has to justify its existence to investors. It's of, by, and for we, the people. The goal is to help us and create a stable society, not to have a bunch of people walking on eggshells if they have some cost overruns. The only place where waste is really rampant is the military and they seem to be hands off.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. What none of the media seems to want to mention as a historical fact check

is that over 30 years ago (under Clinton), the feds had "been there done that".

Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA)

S.20 - Government Performance and Results Act of 1993

It's still on the books and hasn't gone away. Those of us who were feds back then remember when that got passed and was implemented (with much fanfare).

It even got updates -

H.R.2142 - GPRA Modernization Act of 2010

What is "inefficient" is reinventing the wheel.

[Marthe48]

6. I don't like that doge is being accepted as established now

traitor hasn't been sworn in, so it isn't a done deal. And maybe something will happen before January and it won't ever get oyut of the plotting stage.

I can hope.

[bagimin]

7. Mr. Frost is 1/3 my age

and he speaks for me.