DOGE and shutdowns also, in the end, cost tax payers more money because of what needs to be fixed after the destruction is over and we need to rebuild obviously important governmental services. To be a conservative in 2025 (or the last 40 years since Reagan blew up deficits via tax cuts) is to be fiscally irresponsible while hypocritically decrying their own mess. https://www.npr.org/2025/10/01/nx-s1-5558298/doge-fiscal-yea...