BY MICHAEL S. JOHNSON  |  APR 2, 2025 

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) says it has saved American taxpayers $130 billion, or $807 per taxpayer, since it started rummaging through Federal agencies for “waste, fraud, and abuse” two months ago.

I heard those numbers and much more during an interview with Elon Musk and his seven-member cabinet on Bret Baier’s Fox News program on March 27th. The DOGE cabinet is a group of experienced former senior executives with expertise in business, technology, and general entrepreneurship. This was the first time—at least for me—to hear Musk and his senior people explain what they are doing and what they expect to accomplish.

It was long overdue.

Baier didn’t conduct the kind of interview that most journalists and Musk antagonists would be happy with. There were no ‘gotcha’ questions or tense exchanges. Baier let his subjects speak their mind for nearly an hour. Continue reading →