Interestingly, DOGE may be the most redeeming aspect of this Administration and it’s what’s driving the Democrats batshit crazy. DOGE run properly and without vendetta could solve some underlying problems.
Could DOGE be run properly? I have serious doubts. If it could, the people who do things properly would've done it. I think one of the reasons they have Musk doing it is that he's not nearly as subject to political pressure as virtually anybody else would be.
But, obviously, there are legitimate questions about how far any administration can go within the law and without explicit Congressional authorization.
That said, and while I will support any effort to get cost and inefficiency out of government, I think the important word in your last sentence is "some." Efficiency is always a good thing. But it was none other than Janet Yellen who estimated that Medicare and Social Security are $175 Trillion underfunded over the next 75 years. And that doesn't all hit 75 years from now, it will be a consistent, gradual degradation -- and this has already started.
If we don't get this addressed and repaired, everything else is academic.