The US government is $36+ trillion in debt.  And counting….  The US government’s Social Security and Medicare are almost $200 trillion short.  And counting….

And DC hasn’t even passed a budget since 1996.  Passing an actual budget is what DC refers to as “regular order.”  Not passing a “regular order” budget is why we just yet again had this faux-cliffhanger Continuing Resolution (CR) idiocy over the Christmas holiday season.

One huge problem with a CR is the “C.”  “Continuing” means spending continues to skyrocket entirely unexamined for efficacy and efficiency.  Which is more idiotic than ever in the Age of DOGE.

DOGE is, of course, the looming Department of Government Efficiency.  Of course, government is fundamentally incapable of being efficient.  No one spends other peoples’ money wisely or well.  The only way to improve government is to reduce government.  Here’s hoping DOGE co-czars Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy know this and apply it to their efforts.

The reason DC is supposed to pass budgets is because they are supposed to scrutinize the budgets they pass.  Which is why DC doesn’t pass a budget.  Because they do not want to scrutinize anything they’re doing.  And they CERTAINLY don’t want We the People to scrutinize anything they’re doing. (more…)