AdvertisementElon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are set to co-lead the DOGE in President-elect Trump's second term.
In their roles as co-leaders of the forthcoming Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have vowed to "delete" government agencies, much like a line of code.
"Or does it mean that a different federal agency will assume the responsibilities of collecting income taxes?"
Allison Robbert-Pool/Getty Images"The president can't 'delete' departments — or even almost all of government's subunits.
Kettl said that any effort to delete the functions of a department is "an even bigger battle" than trying to delete a department itself.
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