Are Dutton’s Musk-inspired cuts a good idea?
5 days, 9 hours ago

Are Dutton’s Musk-inspired cuts a good idea?

ABC  

Sam Hawley: If Peter Dutton wins the election, he wants to appoint his own Elon Musk to cut government spending. Sam Hawley: So Elon Musk heads up DOGE in the US, that's the Department of Government Efficiency, and Peter Dutton wants Jacinta to be the Minister for Government Efficiency here if, of course, he wins the election. Sam Hawley: But while it does sound familiar, it's not that uncommon, is it, for a coalition government to cut the public service? The political side of this, you know, from Peter Dutton's point of view, we've talked about why he might go about this, but it doesn't come without risks, both in terms of that diminution of services to people, but also the sense that our public service is not loathed in the way that it might be in the US, where Donald Trump for a long time has been talking about draining the swamp. Mark Kenny: The swamp effectively being the Washington public service and sort of political community, we don't have that kind of antipathy towards our government or our public institutions in this country.

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US govts cutting jobs used to be scared of voters; Trump, Musk and DOGE have changed that
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1 week, 6 days ago

US govts cutting jobs used to be scared of voters; Trump, Musk and DOGE have changed that

Firstpost  

DOGE, headed by unelected billionaire Elon Musk, has initiated sweeping layoffs across federal agencies. Now, no one who has to face voters again is determining spending levels Elon Musk speaks next to US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on., February 11. The so-called Department of Government Efficiency, headed by unelected billionaire …

Musk and DOGE try to slash government by cutting out those who answer to voters
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1 week, 6 days ago

Musk and DOGE try to slash government by cutting out those who answer to voters

Associated Press  

DENVER — For decades, conservatives in Congress have talked about the need to cut government deeply, but they have always pulled back from mandating specific reductions, fearful of voter backlash. “Some members of the Trump administration got frustrated that Congress won’t cut spending and decided to go around them,” said Jessica Reidl of the conservative think tank The Manhattan Institute. …

Musk and DOGE try to slash government by cutting out those who answer to voters
2 weeks ago

Musk and DOGE try to slash government by cutting out those who answer to voters

New Indian Express  

“There's always this instinct in people to insulate decisions from politics,” Holtz-Eakin said. “If Congress won't pass certain spending cuts, it's because the American people don't want it enough,” she said. “If I want spending levels to be cut, it's my job to persuade the people of America to agree with me.” Trump and his supporters argue they did just …

Peter Dutton vows to cut 'wasteful' government spending, says details to come after election
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Peter Dutton vows to cut 'wasteful' government spending, says details to come after election

ABC  

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has vowed to cut "wasteful' government spending if he becomes prime minister, but won't detail his plans until after the election. The comments come just days after the opposition leader used a major policy speech on Friday to promise to "scale back" the federal public service, telling the audience that the economy performs better with fewer …

How to make Elon Musk’s budget-slashing dreams come true
2 months ago

How to make Elon Musk’s budget-slashing dreams come true

Live Mint  

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy plan to whip the American state into shape. Mr Musk has talked of ripping $2trn from the federal budget, an amount that, if done in a year, would exceed the government’s entire discretionary spending. Although Mr Trump vowed in his campaign platform he would make no cuts to them, that should not stop DOGE from …

Cost-cutting lessons from Musk world for DOGE
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Cost-cutting lessons from Musk world for DOGE

Live Mint  

Lessons from the Elon Musk School of Management shed light on how the billionaire will go about slashing government spending in a new Trump White House. Little is known about how exactly President-elect Donald Trump will use the world’s richest man in his coming administration beyond proposing to appoint him to a new government efficiency commission, as “secretary of cost-cutting." …

Donald Trump Claims 'Nobody's Going To Feel It' When Elon Musk Slashes Government
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump Claims 'Nobody's Going To Feel It' When Elon Musk Slashes Government

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former President Donald Trump confirmed Tuesday that he’d consider giving billionaire Elon Musk a role slashing the federal government if he returns to the White House next year. Musk, one of Trump’s biggest financial backers, has said that he would subtract trillions from federal spending — and said the cuts would result in “some temporary hardship” for …

Cabinet minister Ed Husic says Stage Three tax cuts were an election promise that Labor will keep
1 year, 11 months ago

Cabinet minister Ed Husic says Stage Three tax cuts were an election promise that Labor will keep

Daily Mail  

The controversial Stage Three tax cuts - mainly benefiting the wealthy as millions get relief - are here to stay because they were an election promise, a Labor cabinet minister insists. Scroll down for audio A cabinet minister in Anthony Albanese 's Labor government is adamant the Stage Three tax cuts for the wealthy are here to stay because they …

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