By Chris Sanders
On the campaign trail, pharmaceutical entrepreneur-turned- Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy touted a plan to cut the US federal workforce by 75 per cent.
Now that he’s been named as co-leader with tech billionaire Elon Musk of what President-elect Donald Trump has called the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, Ramaswamy “might actually have the chance to prove his ideas could work,” the New York Times reported.
Vivek Ramaswamy has a plan to slash 1 million jobs from the federal US government workforce.Credit: AP
“Slapping the bureaucracy on the wrist won’t solve the problem, the only right answer is a massive downsizing,” Ramaswamy posted on X on November 13.
This downsizing may require cutting 1.65 million jobs in the federal workforce, regulations and spending, the Times reported.
The radical DOGE plan would …