If you’re dazzled by Elon Musk’s “cuts” in federal spending, let’s not be DOGE-ged by imagination. The U.S. budget isn’t changed by celebrity tweets. Most federal spending is a robust boulder that won’t budge without real policy upheavals.
In the real world, here in the land of Uncle Sam's economy, it takes more than catchy slogans or mascots to shift the concrete habits of fund allocation. A bit of skepticism and understanding of how entrenched spending patterns work might save one from bark over bite in these money matters.