Democrats are largely skeptical of Elon Musk's push to ax wasteful government spending. But some in the party aren't fully dismissing the DOGE goals.

Elon Musk rejects economic scarcity ideology, suggesting that there is basically "infinite potential" for creating jobs and businesses.

Republicans warn the business leaders' lack of government experience could lead to clashes over spending decisions.

WASHINGTON – Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are urging lawmakers not to pass a government funding extension that would prevent a major shutdown at the end of the week. "This bill should not pass," Musk wrote on X Wednesday morning.

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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are dropping hints about where the co-leads of President-elect Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will focus its efforts on trimming federal

On Wednesday congressional leadership unveiled legislation to punt the government funding deadline down the road, but that bill was pronounced dead only hours after it was revealed.

The Trump administration’s approach risks undermining the federal government’s ability to serve the public while wasting taxpayer dollars.”

Donald Trump, whose own wealth has been estimated to top $5 billion, is bringing on a series of billionaires to join his administration. The most prominent is Elon Musk, who is taking an outside role.

The point of Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s DOGE is to cut entitlement programs so Trump can give tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy and corporations

Musk began posting on X against a stopgap government spending bill on Wednesday well before Trump weighed in against the legislation.