Pursuing plans for massive budget, tax cuts

The announcement came as a response to a tweet by Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, who pledged his support for the Department of Government Efficiency. Although the details of this organization remain unclear, DOGE is a nongovernmental agency being created with Donald Trump’s blessing by X owner Elon Musk and venture capitalist Vivek Ramaswamy to audit and suggest massive cuts to the federal budget. In a separate Tweet, Spartz wrote that Trump, Musk and Ramaswamy “are our only hope to drain the swamp through reconciliation,” referring to the congressional budgeting process of reconciliation through which Trump and the co-leaders of DOGE are seeking to make $2 trillion in budget cuts. Although they claim that these cuts will come through identifying waste and fraud, experts warn that such colossal cuts could only come through massive cuts in government programs and services, especially given plans to cut taxes as well.

.@realDonaldTrump, @elonmusk and @VivekGRamaswamy are our only hope to drain the swamp through reconciliation, and we can come up with more than $2T to fully offset tax cuts.

The swamp is very deep, @DOGE! https://t.co/nNPjqDaddh

— Rep. Victoria Spartz (@RepSpartz) December 16, 2024

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