DOGE shouldn’t unilaterally disarm if there’s room for reform

Eliminating government agencies should be DOGE’s last job, not its first. This may sound heretical to some, but doing the reverse is akin to following the advice of those navel-gazers who once called for unilateral nuclear disarmament. The agencies could — and should be made to — be just as powerful a tool for reforming government as they were in building it up.

First, to DOGE’s naysayers: Simply maintaining the status quo is not an option. The federal government is on an unsustainable trajectory that demands reform.