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Two Billionaires’ Big Plan to Shrink Government

Two Billionaires’ Big Plan to Shrink Government

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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have called the federal bureaucracy
an “existential threat to our republic.” Now, President-elect
Donald J. Trump is empowering them to drastically shrink it, by
whatever means necessary.

David A. Fahrenthold, an investigative reporter for The New York
Times, discusses their plans — and what it would look like if
they were actually carried out.

Guest: David A. Fahrenthold, an investigative reporter for The
New York Times.

Background reading:

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency has
advantages that past budget cutters did not, but laws and court
challenges could still make change slow and difficult.

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