Last year, over 150,000 Canadian federal workers—one-third of their entire government workforce—went on strike demanding higher wages and the right to work from home. For two weeks, Canada ran without them. The result? Absolutely nothing happened. The economy chugged along, life went on as usual, and Canadians realized their massive federal bureaucracy contributes almost nothing of value. Taxpayers started asking a hard question: why are we funding this? Naturally, Trudeau folded in the end, throwing more taxpayer dollars at the problem instead of addressing the inefficiency.
The strike was an unintentional case study in government waste. Even the media couldn’t convincingly sell it as a tragedy, focusing instead on the supposed “hardships” of striking workers while ignoring the obvious truth—no one else suffered. Some Canadians even joked that the strike was the best thing to happen in years: less bureaucracy, fewer taxes, and zero interference from government drones. The incident underscored a lesson that applies beyond Canada: big governments serve themselves, not the people they claim to represent.
Enter the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s plan to do what Canada couldn’t: gut the bloated U.S. administrative state. Their mission? Use recent Supreme Court rulings to cut red tape, shut down pointless agencies, and fire redundant bureaucrats. Take the Department of Education, for example. Since its reinstatement in 1979, education outcomes have plummeted while its budget has ballooned. Why keep funding failure? DOGE isn’t just trimming fat—it’s ripping out the rot and putting power back in the hands of the people.
Naturally, the Left is melting down, calling DOGE a “threat to democracy” and predicting government collapse—because what could be worse than an efficient, streamlined federal system? If Musk’s Twitter layoffs are any indication, there’s nothing to fear. He cut 80% of Twitter’s staff, and the platform functions better than ever. Now imagine applying that efficiency to Washington. Less waste, fewer useless rules, and lower taxes for hardworking Americans. DOGE might just be the shakeup this country desperately needs.