America’s federal bureaucracy has ballooned into an innovation-consuming monster that strangles market competition and bulldozes the right of self-determination for local communities. On top of all that, federal spending is bankrupting our country—but there may be hope. Elon Musk, taking a page out of Javier Milei’s book, has already dove in headfirst to address the epidemic of waste, fraud, and abuse that plagues our federal government. Can DOGE get it done?