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It's a nice idea because there's certainly a lot of inefficiency in the federal government, however I'm skeptical a separate external commission of outsiders (n
by mrandish 2y ago
It's a nice idea because there's certainly a lot of inefficiency in the federal government, however I'm skeptical a separate external commission of outsiders (no matter how smart and motivated) will be able to accomplish much in the ~6 months it will exist. Senior career bureaucrats inside large federal agencies are apex grand masters of manipulation, camouflage and political hostage-taking. They'll deploy malicious compliance, weaponized policy farming and media leaks in ways so viciously devious it'll make Alien Xenomorphs look like Care Bears.
- mtnGoat 2y agoIt will exist for roughly 18 months. January 2025 to July 2026. Thrice as much time to do the “work”.
- techfeathers 2y agoThis feels like the proverbial "Heading the FBI Office out of Rural Alaska". A new Extra-governmental agency? "As the first order of business, this commission will develop an action plan to totally eliminate fraud and improper payments within six months." Could be legit, or could just be a report that is filed away. I suspect that is the reason for an extra-governmental agency. If they do something good, great, if not, easy to fire them.
- doom2 2y agoIt seems inefficient to have two people in charge of an agency. Wouldn't it be more efficient to not even create a new agency and just have Trump make these determinations? Otherwise you're creating more bureaucracy to eliminate other bureaucracy which is... inefficient.
- kombookcha 2y agoIt's very funny that the very first thing anybody knows about the department of efficiency is that it has two bosses.