Cut the Waste. Not America’s Strength. |
Washington has a bad habit of swinging first and thinking later. Not every problem is solved with a sledgehammer, and not every program that gets labeled as “DEI” is what it appears to be. I’ll say this clearly at the outset: President Donald Trump is right to take aim at bloated, performative programs that waste taxpayer dollars and prioritize ideology over results. That correction is long overdue, and most Americans agree with it. But supporting the mission does not mean abandoning discipline in how it is carried out.
What matters now is execution. In the rush to clean house, there is a real risk of treating fundamentally different programs as if they are all the same. That is where mistakes happen. Reform requires precision. It requires understanding the structure, purpose, and downstream impact of what is being changed. Otherwise, what begins as an effort to strengthen government efficiency can quickly turn into an unintended disruption in areas that are actually working.
Take the 8(a) program within the Small Business Administration. It often gets swept into the........