The Art of Thinking Outside The Box

2-5-2025

The Art Of Thinking Outside The Box

Almost every time someone challenges rational thinking there are many who expose themselves by very publicly voicing their opposition. I’m sure that when the first caveman rolled a stone down a hill there were critics who came out and said he wasn’t doing it correctly.

The advancement of civilization didn’t come by sitting around debating and yet it took the Chinese to reveal that a journey begins with that first step.

American politics is where people are reminded of their historical failures and the reasoning to remain where they are until the government, like a knight on a white horse, comes to rescue them. Didn’t Ronald Reagan say the most dreaded words uttered by man were, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”?

There is much consternation and opposition to President Trump’s dive into the deep dark state of financial mismanagement throughout various government agencies. Trump’s creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) should be welcomed by democrats and republicans across the political isle since it consists of a very smart team of volunteers who are experts in rooting out financial mismanagement and have been given specific marching orders from President Trump and have a very defined short timeframe (January 20, 2025 – July 4, 2026) to get it done.

The very first targeted area was the USAID headquarters in Washington, D.C. where they were met with opposition by USAID’s upper management and proceeded to place this agency on administrative leave pending their investigation of financial mismanagement. DOGE is operating under the direct supervision and control of President Trump and at his orders to conduct a thorough investigation of EVERY government agency and report their findings back to him. The outcry of congressional democrats is confirmation that this was and is the right move, after all who isn’t concerned with how taxpayer dollars are spent and accounted for? Not one taxpayer dollar is obligated to be sent to anyone or any country simply because they ask for it. USAID should begin here at home, providing financial aid and assistance to Americans in times of natural and/or manmade disasters such as floods, hurricanes and wildfires.

Until members of congress become less concerned about raising taxes and more concerned about frugal spending in American interests like (health, welfare and national security) they are not serving the American people, but their own selfish interests.

President Trump’s campaign promise of shrinking the size and scope of government is necessary in order to get back to government’s primary responsibility of taking care of American citizens and future probes into government agencies such as the Department of Education, the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and every other government agency are certainly warranted.

The idea of “Federal Worker Buyouts” is a brilliant idea to help shrink this bloated and oversized government, where workers can retire, resign or get fired will ultimately sift out the chaff.

My only concern is whether voters will do the same at the ballot box for nonperforming and/or underperforming members of congress, in particular those democrats who are raising a political stunt in the streets because they say Elon Musk received no votes to do what he is doing. Well guess what President Trump WAS ELECTED TO GET THINGS DONE, and Elon Musk and his DOGE team is doing what they were handpicked to do? – RTM