Elon Musk‘s cost-cutting crusade is trickling down to US statehouses. Governor Ron DeSantis is launching Florida’s own version of the department of government efficiency – known as DOGE. Already, he wants to cut $3 billion and more than 700 state government jobs as part of the upcoming budget. Kansas and Missouri lawmakers are soliciting input from their residents for ideas on how to slash costs.
Since Jan, says have launched at least eight job forces or congressional efforts aimed at boosting state effectiveness. And politicians in almost a dozen other states have proposed expenses that would make their own DOGE-like units.
The work, mostly from Democratic governors and politicians, show how express authorities are keen to capitalise on the Trump administration’s language around cost-cutting.
