junior people into the firm to find out what’s going on. They go in. They ask a load of questions. Then they report back to you. That’s how it works. You’re not giving these kids real decision-making power. They’re your eyes and ears. And because they’re at the start of their careers, they’re much less expensive to use. That’s all Elon is doing. It’s a legitimate audit. ROB: I doubt any audit in history has ever gotten so much coverage.
It was called the National Partnership for Reinventing Government, or “REGO.” It had a very similar brief to DOGE – to cut spending and to reset and upgrade how the government worked.
Just like with DOGE, Clinton gave the department six months to present a plan. That’s exactly what they did. And it worked. It helped turn a $290 billion deficit into a $100 billion surplus. After that, Clinton declared the “era of big government is over . ” JOEL: That’s not a claim that aged well! ROB: No, but it backs your point up – what Elon is
JOEL: That’s because the stakes are so high, and obviously everything in our country gets so highly politicized. Elon might have a certain style... And he certainly enjoys the publicity – otherwise, he wouldn’t be basically live-tweeting what he’s finding. But what he’s doing is standard practice. He’s auditing everything so he can figure out what to cut – beginning with the low-hanging fruit. ROB: And this is hardly unprecedented... When Bill Clinton came to power in the 1990s, he promised to put the economy first and attack the deficit. He put Vice President Al Gore in charge of a plan to cut spending and “reinvent government.”
doing has been tried before. It’s not crazy. It’s part of a plan. Circle July 22 on Your Calendar
JOEL: And once you begin to see the order in the chaos – that’s when you start seeing the opportunity on the table here. Because after the audit comes the really exciting part – PHASE II. This is the point when the fact-finding ends... and the real action starts.
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