{"id":128618,"date":"2024-11-22T02:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T19:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128618"},"modified":"2024-11-22T02:00:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T19:00:45","slug":"elon-musks-first-order-of-business-in-trump-administration-kill-remote-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128618","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s first order of business in Trump administration: Kill remote work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump appointee Elon Musk unveiled his first blueprint to radically shrink the federal bureaucracy, which includes a strict return-to-office mandate. This, he says, would save taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars a year, if not more.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Together with partner Vivek Ramaswamy, Musk <span style=\"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px\">is set to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/11\/15\/elon-musk-doge-donald-trump-vivek-ramaswamy-government-efficiency-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/11\/15\/elon-musk-doge-donald-trump-vivek-ramaswamy-government-efficiency-department\/\" rel=\"noopener\">lead a task force<\/a>\u00a0he has called the \u201cDepartment of Government Efficiency,\u201d or DOGE, after his favorite cryptocurrency. The department has three main goals: eliminating regulations wherever possible; gutting a workforce no longer needed to enforce said red tape<\/span>; and driving productivity to prevent needless waste. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a decisive electoral mandate and a 6\u20133 conservative majority on the Supreme Court, DOGE has a historic opportunity for structural reductions in the federal government,\u201d the pair\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/musk-and-ramaswamy-the-doge-plan-to-reform-government-supreme-court-guidance-end-executive-power-grab-fa51c020?st=YNHNeR\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/musk-and-ramaswamy-the-doge-plan-to-reform-government-supreme-court-guidance-end-executive-power-grab-fa51c020?st=YNHNeR\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote in an op-ed<\/a>\u00a0for the\u00a0<em>Wall Street Journal\u00a0<\/em>published on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2 million workers whose salaries are paid by every American taxpayer<\/h2>\n<p>They\u2019ll start by cracking down on remote and hybrid forms of work among government employees. <\/p>\n<p>Those no longer willing or able to come into the office five days a week can find gainful employment in the private sector. <\/p>\n<p>They won\u2019t be missed, according to the pair. They\u2019re counting on a wave of voluntary departures by bureaucrats to help them enact their plans.<\/p>\n<p>According to a\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/R\/R47716\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/R\/R47716\" rel=\"noopener\">September congressional report<\/a>, over 2 million Americans are gainfully employed by Uncle Sam. Importantly, this already excludes military personnel, the <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/u-s-postal-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/u-s-postal-service\/\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Postal Service<\/a>,<\/span> and most of the legislative and judicial branches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number of federal employees to cut should be at least proportionate to the number of federal regulations that are nullified,\u201d they argued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ultimate goal is \u201cmass headcount reductions across the federal bureaucracy,\u201d according to the DOGE co-leads.<\/p>\n<p>They didn\u2019t provide specific numbers, but it would likely be modeled along Musk\u2019s 80% cutback in Twitter\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to prevailing opinion at the time, it did not prevent the social media company from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2023\/02\/19\/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2023\/02\/19\/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-tech\/\" rel=\"noopener\">maintaining service<\/a> for users.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Musk and Ramaswamy target $2 trillion in federal cuts<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/tesla\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/tesla\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Tesla<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/spacex\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/spacex\/\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX<\/a> CEO Musk has floated plans to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, nearly a third of the $6.75 trillion fiscal total. <\/p>\n<p>The proposal, unprecedented in scope, focuses on areas ripe for reform, according to Musk and biotech entrepreneur Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the federal budget\u2014Social Security and other mandatory entitlements\u2014would remain largely untouched owing to legal and political constraints, apart from efforts to address fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Another $800 billion is earmarked for the Department of Defense, which recently failed its seventh consecutive audit, presenting opportunities for waste reduction.<\/p>\n<p>However, their immediate goal is to slash the $500 billion in annual discretionary spending authorized by unelected bureaucrats rather than Congress. <\/p>\n<p>Targets include $500 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and $300 million for Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Executive orders and SCOTUS backing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Musk and Ramaswamy argue that Congress\u2019s approval isn\u2019t required.<\/p>\n<p>Citing recent Supreme Court rulings, they claim executive orders provide sufficient authority to dismantle regulations exceeding statutory limits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe use of executive orders to repeal overreach is not only legitimate\u2014it\u2019s necessary,\u201d they wrote, framing entrenched bureaucracy as a threat to democracy.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Political risks loom large<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Such deep cuts, however, could alienate Trump\u2019s base. <\/p>\n<p>Federal workforce reductions would impact red states alongside blue ones. <\/p>\n<p>Alabama, for instance, employs 40,000 federal workers, nearly as many as New York\u2019s 53,000, despite a population one-quarter the size. <\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania\u2019s 10th District, which leans heavily Republican, supports 13,000 federal employees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are ready for resistance from Washington\u2019s entrenched interests,\u201d they wrote, expressing confidence in their success.<\/p>\n<p>Their timeline is tight: Musk and Ramaswamy plan to dissolve their initiative, dubbed DOGE, by July 2026\u2014well before the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-cy=\"subscriptionPlea\"><b>How many degrees of separation are you from the globe&#8217;s most powerful business leaders? <\/b>Explore who made our brand-new list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/ranking\/most-powerful-people\/?&amp;itm_source=fortune&amp;itm_medium=article_tout\" target=\"_self\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/ranking\/most-powerful-people\/?&amp;itm_source=fortune&amp;itm_medium=article_tout\" rel=\"noopener\">100 Most Powerful People in Business<\/a>. 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