The benefit to taxpayers of the DOGE cuts

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Up to that point, Musk detailed for Schmitt, host of “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” how easy it is to cut waste in the federal government given the scale.

“People ask me, what's the most surprising thing that you've encountered when you go to D.C.? And I said, well, the most surprising thing is the scale of the expenditures and actually how easy it is to, just when you add caring and competence, where it was absent before, you can actually save billions of dollars, sometimes in an hour. Like it's wild,” Musk said.

He also said Trump is “supportive” of the idea of DOGE dividend checks, an idea that was floated by Azoria CEO and co-founder James Fishback on Wednesday. Musk told Fishback that he would “check with the president.”

“It's money that's taken away from things that are destructive to the country and from organizations that hate you to you. That's awesome. That's like glorious. That's like the best, the spoils of battle,” Musk told Schmitt on Thursday.

“I talked to the president, he’s supportive of that. And so it sounds like you know that's something we're going to do. So as we're finding savings, that's going to translate directly to reductions in tax,” he added.

Musk took Democrats to task over their criticisms of cutting waste and fraud.

“[I]t just shows that they really lack empathy for the average taxpayer who's working hard, paying taxes. And then they say, ‘Oh, $1 million doesn't matter.’ And I'm like, I think it matters a lot to people, you know? What are you talking about?”

If these cuts lead to a reduction in taxation, they should be popular with most people.  The Democrats are making a serious mistake by not getting on board with the effort.  They lose not only the ability to have a say in the cuts but also the political benefits that taxpayers see in the cuts.