Those who were delighted with the changes being made by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) praised Elon Musk’s statements at Thursday’s Conservative Political Action Conference.
“Being politically active was never my strong suit. At the rally in Maryland, Musk, who was wearing a black MAGA hat and sunglasses, spoke about how there reached a time when there was no other alternative. “The actions that we’re taking, with the support of the president and the support of the agencies, is what will save Medicare, what will save Social Security.”
His motivation for doing this was explained by him. “Because I was looking at the big picture here, and it’s like, man, it’s getting out of control.”
In his subsequent remarks, he emphasized that a nation is similar to an individual. When a nation spends more than it takes in, it eventually runs out of money, just like when an individual spends more than they earn. Finding solutions to these issues is therefore not a luxury but a need.
A real estate dealer in New York City named Matthew Kochman indicated that the DOGE cutbacks “probably saved the country from financial collapse.”
“I believed it was all merely common sense,” Kochman remarked of Musk’s remarks.
Several speakers voiced concerns about whether the proposed allocation of 20% of the revenue from the overall reduction should be used to pay down the nation’s over $36 trillion debt or for a stimulus check for American taxpayers.
Returning funds is something I’m not entirely on board with. Angie Carrai of Vienna, Virginia, expressed her belief that the money should be used towards paying down our debt since it poses a serious threat to our own survival. She went on to say that Musk’s remarks have “tapped into what a lot of people feel” regarding the misallocation of tax dollars to “ridiculous” initiatives.
Kochman, on the other hand, has stated his belief that taxpayers should receive some of their money back while simultaneously contributing to the repayment of the debt.
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-WI) has voiced his disapproval of Trump and Musk’s proposal, stating that the US must “pay down the credit card” with the $2 trillion target amount to be reduced through DOGE.
After seeing Musk’s comments, left-wing American Bridge 21st Century opposition research group president Pat Dennis expressed his concern to AWN Digital about funding cuts to initiatives that help Americans.
“He was talking about cutting programs that everyday Americans rely on, things like Medicaid,” added Dennis. “The implication that massive percentages of these programs just can be unilaterally cut because they’re fraud is not real.”
“People rely on these, voters rely on these, families rely on these, people in Republican districts rely on these,” said the senator.
Just recently, DOGE was in the news for criticizing USAID expenditure and funds distributed by other federal agencies.