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#Musk 's record at DOGE seen from French newspaper #LeMonde - pretty good summary..

Musk's questionable record at DOGE

Some quotes:

"The approach boiled down to indiscriminate cuts in government agencies and civil service staffing, without any prior audit of public utilities. Inexperience and a lack of understanding of government operations led Musk's teams to undermine certain programs in public health, nuclear safety, air regulation, education and tax collection, with no concern for the medium-term, counterproductive effects on the US economy."

"With little room for maneuver, DOGE turned to scapegoats such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which is primarily responsible for humanitarian aid. This populist and cynical decision upended the lives of millions of people around the world in exchange for meager savings on the scale of the US budget, and at the cost of lasting damage to the country's international influence."

"One can only hope that, with Musk, the illusion that a state can be run like a business will be short-lived. With unmet objectives and management that alienated his teams, what CEO would survive such a record?"