Why does Musk hate bureaucratic waste so much that he cuts 77% of US civil servants in the DOGE project?

Musk recently said that after he became the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), he will significantly reduce the existing 428 federal agencies of the US government to 99, and make large-scale cuts of government employees, as high as 77%. (Synopsis: Work 80 hours a week without pay!) Musk Government Efficiency Department (DOGE) talent recruitment conditions exposed, online satirical super habitual boss) (Background supplement: Trump announced the appointment of Musk to lead the government efficiency department DOGE: dismantling the bureaucracy, Shiba Inu LOGO exposed) After the Trump camp won the US presidential election in early November, its transition team spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt officially disclosed a statement on November 13, which said that Trump will officially appoint Tesla founder Musk and American entrepreneur Vivek after taking office Ramaswamy co-leads the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). At the same time, Trump said in a statement that Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's role is to pave the way for dismantling the government bureaucracy, cutting redundant regulations and wasteful spending, and restructuring federal agencies, DOGE will obtain advice and guidance from outside the government, and work with the White House and the Office of Management and Budget to promote large-scale structural reforms and create an unprecedented entrepreneurial model of government. Musk plans to cut 77% of employees Just recently, Musk also publicly stated the specific measures he hopes to take after taking office in DOGE, saying that he will significantly reduce the existing 428 federal agencies of the US government to 99, and carry out large-scale layoffs of government employees, as high as 77%. Musk explained: Most of the existing federal agencies are foreign to the American people, and people can't even understand the necessity of their existence, which is ineffective operation and bureaucracy. In addition, Musk also mentioned his DOGE's three major reform directions, including: eliminating government bureaucracy, improving work efficiency through layoffs, and putting forward higher requirements for existing employees; cutting over-regulated and wasteful spending; Reorganizing federal agencies, including merging departments that do similar work, etc., would burden taxpayers. Why does Musk hate civil servants? The reason why Musk hates the current U.S. government's administrative agencies and employee efficiency so much may be directly explained by two past examples. First, Musk once spat bitterly in an interview with LexFridman in 2023, saying that one of the reasons why SpaceX's Starship Starship project was delayed was due to various regulatory obstacles, including the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) asking SpaceX to investigate "whether the rocket will fall and hit the sharks in the sea", Musk believes that the ocean is vast, and the probability of rockets hitting sharks is close to zero, but SpaceX must provide data to prove it. To conduct the study, SpaceX asked the authorities for information on the marine distribution of sharks, but the Bureau of Marine Fisheries refused the request, arguing that the data leak would lead to indiscriminate shark fishing. SpaceX forced the research report to be handed in, and the NMFS made another request afterwards, if the shark is OK, then the probability that the rocket will hit the whale? It is not difficult to see why SpaceX will later adopt a "chopstick clip platform" to recover rockets Press photo of SpaceX's original seal experiment Musk encountered another example of government restraint, when SpaceX planned to propose a test launch, the California environmental protection department also came to the door, worried that "the sonic boom of the rocket test will affect the seal's hearing and scare them away from their habitat", SpaceX can only form a research team to put on headphones for live seals to "audition". See if the sonic boom when the rocket exceeds the speed of sound affects their hearing; Musk criticized the U.S. government at the time for "kidnapping seals and tying them to a board to listen to sonic booms." Musk not only once said that inefficient communication between US government agencies, as well as excessive regulatory overhaul, are not integrated, so that private companies understand the regulatory needs they need to face in advance, hindering scientific and technological innovation and enterprise progress, and this process will also consume a lot of financial and material resources and manpower. Related reports The full text of Trump's speech announcing his election: I love Musk, he is a superstar born, making Americans great again The death of Peanut, the Internet celebrity squirrel supported by Musk, triggered the American political movement, and the meme coin Pnut Market Cap once exceeded $100 million Musk sent DOGE meme DOGE jumped, helping Trump create momentum and shout: Cut at least $2 trillion in the federal budget (Musk DOGE plans to cut 77% of American civil servants, why does he hate waste bureaucrats so much? 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