Plus, its made innumerable changes behind the scenes that have standardized and modernized government IT.

Its kinda really good at what it does, which is make the government more efficient.

Musk has, on multiple occasions,insistedthat Any given law will do the opposite of its name.

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Elon Musk standing in front of a crowd.© Kenny Holston/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images

So it might be worth looking at his Department of Government Efficiency through that same lens.

If it was really all that efficient, would it have to insist it was in the name?

Just something to consider.

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