Process Analysis · DOGE Actions
What DOGE did. What should be reversed. What should stay. What needs guardrails.
DOGE was not all wrong, and it was not all right. This analysis separates the three: cuts that dismantled functioning services and need reversal; actions that surfaced real waste but used the wrong method; and cuts where the outcome was correct even if the process was flawed.
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Reverse
4
Guardrails
3
Keep
Cuts that must be reversed
These weren't inefficiencies, they were services Americans paid into and are now denied. Every cut below hurt real people with legitimate claims.
Actions that require legal guardrails
These exposed real problems in how government operates. The issue isn't that they happened, it's that they happened without congressional oversight, legal authorization, or accountability structures.
Cuts worth keeping (with conditions)
Where DOGE identified legitimate waste, duplicative systems, unused real estate, unaudited programs. These should be formalized through proper process, not reversed.