President Donald Trump is recruiting some of the brightest innovators in the private sector to tackle challenges facing our bloated federal government. A large part of that effort, the development of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, led by Elon Musk, is already making a significant impact on the stale administrative state.

There should be nothing offensive about transparency in public administration, fiscal responsibility, and accountability to the taxpayer. But now that private-sector scrutiny is being applied to the federal bureaucracy, both the federal workforce and the liberal puppeteers that champion them are panicking. In their latest bout of hysteria and fearmongering, the Left is attacking the work of DOGE by insisting it’s a “shadow government.” Instead of being outraged by the tremendous waste identified by DOGE so far, critics are instead furious that anyone dare to question the clear inefficiencies that have long plagued our nation’s civil service.

For decades, politicians from both sides of the aisle have shouted from the rooftops about the need to minimize the impact of the unelected bureaucrat upon our democratic process. Now, taxpayers have an opportunity to peek behind the curtain by way of DOGE audits, and right on queue the Left is screaming “constitutional crisis.”

For decades, career government officials have routinely interpreted congressional legislation on what can politely be described as a long leash. These decisions have often badly affected the lives of everyday citizens, trapping their interests within the growing labyrinth that has become our federal government. The administrative state has run rampant for too long.

In a recent press conference, Musk talked about the role of the average citizen in the federal bureaucracy. To flourish, a democracy must truly be “ruled by the people,” hence the Greek origins of the word itself. Alongside Trump, Musk talked about “fixing the feedback loop” so that our democracy can be restored to a government that is truly responsive to its citizens and their needs. 

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The left is going to continue fearmongering as long as they can, but the people really don’t care if Washington is being turned upside down. Indeed, it is what many of them sent Trump there to do: diminish the bureaucracy and get real work done for the country. Don’t get in the way of hardworking families who are chasing the American dream. That is exactly what is starting to happen.

The Trump administration is solving a constitutional crisis, not manufacturing one.