List of Head Personnel Working at the Department of Governmental Efficiency (REDACTED)

[Signa]

But we JUST went over extensively how they do have power, and a lot of it. Trump himself has just said he mostly gives them a very wide latitude to do what they do.

I think our definitions of government power are differ quite a bit then. What I meant was they can't enact laws, or enforce their authority in any way. They just report up to Trump and he gets the final say. He's free to disagree with their findings and ignore something they bring to him. If he ignores their suggestions, they have no further recourse. The only privilege they have is to review classified information, and/or things that are not public. I'm not exactly sure of their actual scope of access at this point, but being allowed to see Top Secret documents still doesn't give you any authority over the civilians of the country.

Or am I missing something about how this is organized? I thought the whole reason they are able to have DOGE without approval from congress is because it isn't an official government agency. It's a group of consultants with a cheeky name.

 

[Arnox]

I think our definitions of government power are differ quite a bit then. What I meant was they can't enact laws, or enforce their authority in any way. They just report up to Trump and he gets the final say. He's free to disagree with their findings and ignore something they bring to him. If he ignores their suggestions, they have no further recourse. The only privilege they have is to review classified information, and/or things that are not public. I'm not exactly sure of their actual scope of access at this point, but being allowed to see Top Secret documents still doesn't give you any authority over the civilians of the country.

Or am I missing something about how this is organized? I thought the whole reason they are able to have DOGE without approval from congress is because it isn't an official government agency. It's a group of consultants with a cheeky name.

It's not really DOGE itself per se where the issue of power lies. It's with Trump. You're right. He controls everything at the end of the day. But it doesn't matter if it was Trump or Elon. Either way, it's just too much power for one person in government really.

 

[M0nke3]

I'll just place this here. This sums up how I feel.

 

[Arnox]

I'll just place this here. This sums up how I feel.

I'm a little confused on the symbolic particulars of the sheep.