Do you want to work from home? Quit and do your best…
Tesla CEO:
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who will lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the second Trump administration, proposed ‘face-to-face work five days a week’ as a solution to improve the efficiency of the loose federal civil service organization. CEO Musk and Ramaswamy contributed to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on the 20th (local time) about plans to reform federal government regulations, personnel, and budget.
Previously, President-elect Donald Trump announced that Musk and Ramaswamy would lead the new DOGE and abolish government bureaucracy, excessive regulations, and wasteful spending.
In their contribution, Musk and Ramaswamy pointed out that the federal government is abusing the president’s executive orders to produce regulations. They argued that this went beyond the authority granted by Congress under the law.
Advanced Technology;
With the help of advanced technology, DOGE will create a list of these unconstitutional regulations, and President-elect Trump is expected to decide whether to suspend or abolish these regulations based on this list. If necessary, procedures can be taken to invalidate the regulations altogether.
The gist of their argument is that if various regulations are abolished en masse through this process, the civil servants in charge of the relevant work will no longer be needed, and manpower reduction will be possible accordingly. “Each government agency should identify the minimum staffing required to perform its constitutionally permitted, statutory functions, and terminate a number of federal employees at least proportional to the number of federal regulations being repealed,” they wrote.
He also proposed the introduction of a five-day work week system without telecommuting as a way to encourage federal civil servants to voluntarily resign. “If we were to force them to come to the office five days a week, many would voluntarily quit, and this is welcome,” they said.
Office of Personnel Management (OPM):
According to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 1.3 million federal employees are currently authorized to work remotely, and they spend 60% of their time in the office. CNN diagnosed, “The idea is that by banning working from home and moving government agencies out of Washington, DC, many federal civil servants will voluntarily leave, allowing the new Trump administration to reduce the number of civil servants and save the government budget.”
Announced Budget:
Musk and Ramaswarmy also announced that they would reduce spending, saying that more than $500 billion a year is spent without congressional approval or for purposes not intended by Congress. Targets for cuts included the Public Broadcasting Corporation (CPB) budget of $535 million, support to international organizations of $1.5 billion, and subsidies to progressive organizations of $300 million.
Federal public employee unions plan to take a hard-line response to the various types of layoff pressure that will unfold during Trump’s second term in office. The National Federation of Federal Government Employees, which represents 110,000 federal civil servants, is discussing countermeasures with the legal team. This group is seeking to mobilize organizations and lobby Congress. “We are united and ready for a really big fight,” they told WSJ.
Mean While:
Meanwhile, Reuters reported, citing sources, that President-elect Trump plans to reappoint hard-line conservative Russell Vought as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The CMB director position will cooperate with Musk’s DOGE.
By 24Webs.com
