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DOGE's Real Goal Is Privatizing Government
Trump's efforts to slash the federal workforce were never about efficiency — and they'll disproportionately hurt his own voters.
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Republicans have long thought that what the federal government does can be done better, faster or cheaper by the private sector.
So it shouldn’t shock anyone that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently revealed a larger agenda that sheds light on the Trump administration’s seemingly indiscriminate cuts to federal workers and agencies. President Donald Trump’s overarching goal, Bessent said, is to “reprivatize the economy.”