Elon Musk, the CEO and X owner of Tesla, and Vivek Ramaswamy, the 2024 Republican presidential candidate, made the announcement on Wednesday that they intend to reduce federal spending by reducing funding for “progressive groups like Planned Parenthood” as part of the new Department of Government Efficiency ( DOGE ) under President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration.
Skeptics question how many DOGE can calm through executive action only, according to Musk and Ramaswamy in a mutual op-ed in The Wall Street Journal. They point to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which forbids the senator from cutting off spending that is authorized by Congress.
Musk and Ramaswamy explained that the president-elect has suggested that the 1974 regulation is “unconstitutional” and argued that the U. S. Supreme Court may “likely part” with Trump on the topic.
” Once again, DOGE will help end federal overspending,” according to Musk and Ramaswamy,” but even without relying on that view,” by criticizing the$ 535 billion in annual federal expenditures that Congress authorized or that are being used in ways Congress never intended, such as$ 1.5 billion for offers to international institutions and$ 300 million for progressive groups like Planned Parenthood.
Wednesday’s combined op-ed written by the two frontrunners who are expected to play a major role in making the federal government more effective, unveiled” The DOGE Plan to Reform Government” and the Trump administration’s dedication to “reverse a ages long executive power grab”.
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According to Musk and Ramaswamy, the majority of “government protection decisions and voluntary expenditures” are made by “millions of appointed, unaccountable civil servants within federal agencies who view themselves as defensive from firing thanks to civil-service protections” by the leader or his social appointees.
Musk and Ramaswamy’s plan to cut revenue from “progressive organizations”, such as Planned Parenthood, comes as Planned Parenthood’s 2022-2023 yearly report revealed that the organization is currently the largest abortion provider in the United States, performing 392, 715 abortions from 2021 to 2022.
The Daily Wire reported that Planned Parenthood even offers a considerable amount of “gender-affirming” service. In 2022, 45 Planned Parenthood affiliates provided “hormone treatments” services, according to the store.
Discussing Planned Parenthood’s “gender-affirming service, National Center for Transgender Equality Executive Director Mara Keisling recently told The Daily Beast”, It’s probable they’re the largest supplier of transgender wellbeing in the country. We do n’t know for sure. But it’s definitely among the biggest, if not , the , biggest.”
According to The Daily Wire, Planned Parenthood’s annual report revealed that the organization has roughly$ 2.3 billion in net assets and$ 670.4 million in funding from the government.
