February 25, 2025 • 12 mins
In total DeSantis has already eyed a billion dollars in savings and is looking to reduce state employment by 740 net positions.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to the Brian Must Show and thank you for listening.
It's time for today's top three takeaways.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Helpful, useful, repeatable.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
I hope you are off to a nice start today
as today should weatherwise, be getting better throughout the day.
And Florida, we are dozing two. We are dozing two.
Talk about the last Man standing as well, and my
top takeaway for you is that, yes, Florida does DOGE.
(00:34):
And as we watch, we wait, and we see what
will happen, what will be with federal government employees who
face two deadlines on Monday, the first to report to
the office, which is something that many had not done
in years, and two to respond to the DOGE inspired
email from the Office of Personnel Management asking employees for
(00:59):
five things they do last week. A lot of pushback
to all that. Governor de Santis meanwhile announced that Florida
is officially doing DOGE.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
On Monday.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
De Santis said the state has established a Doze Doge
task force that aims to do in Florida what Elon
Musk's team DOGE has been doing in DC now. During
his Monday pressure, the governor said Florida already has the
lowest number of government employees per capita in the country,
(01:30):
which is the case, but that there's also a room
to go much smaller. As De Santis said, there's hundreds
of these things, hundreds of them. A lot of people
have never heard of them, but they're there. What do
you think they are any idea? Hundreds of these things,
(01:52):
A lot of people have never heard of them, but
they're there. Are they like, I don't know, actual swamp
creatures straight out at the Everglades? I mean, the thing
that's different about like Tallahassee versus d C is that
you're in proxivity to swamps in Tallahassee. You know, you
(02:14):
don't have actual swamps in DC, just the swamp creatures.
So no, actually not swamp creatures from the Everglades, not
entities of indeterminate origins. Know. The governor noted that there
are seventy boards and commissions established across the state with
over nine hundred positions that operate within them that you
(02:37):
probably have never heard of, you probably never knew existed,
and that if he has it his way, won't for
two much longer. And that's just kind of the tip
of the iceberg here. His new DOGE task force will
be dozing and his words, the state university system with
an eye towards eliminating excesses and bloat of personnel, along
(03:00):
with any courses that run counter to the state's anti
DEI directives. Speaking of DEI, DeSantis said all government contracts
will be reviewed to make sure that they haven't been
and aren't being rewarded based on DEI considerations. One of
the most notable places, DeSantis said, the state's DOGE will
review what happens to be going on closest to you.
(03:26):
He said that dojing is going to be taking place
at the local level, and this includes DOGE teams showing
up at the county level conducting audits. How many locals,
for example, would like to see DOGE dig into expenditures
within PBC for the purpose of evaluating local government efficiency.
(03:49):
I can tell you that with all the taxing authorities,
that's THEEI property tax bill for all the money that
I pay in property taxes each year.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Why I'm allers, I am all yours.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Second takeaway today today is that DeSantis said local budgets
have ballooned along with Florida's economy, and there's a need
for efficiency. And this is very true I mentioned this
recently that if you just take a look at Palm
Beach County as accounting for a moment past four years,
there's been a twenty percent plus increase in revenue.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
So where does all the money go?
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Now? Some of that is inflation, sure, but not all
of it. A lot of it is just, hey, we've
got more money here. So what we've commonly seen locally,
and this is especially true in Palm Beach County, there's
I'm sure room for efficiency, but so many municipalities you
have record high tax collections, especially from property taxes, followed
(04:50):
by record high budgets that spend every penny as opposed
to reducing militrates to help with affordability challenges throughout their communities.
You know, at least at the counting level, there have
been some millage reductions in recent years, not huge and
not anywhere near enough to offset the increases from property appreciation,
(05:13):
but there at least had been an effort at the
counting level. Most municipalities no, go, hold on, we got
how much more money coming through the door, Great, let's
figure out a way to spend it. Now, it's pretty
much like that, and you take a look at how
many people get tax out their homes, can't afford homes
all that. It's just in some cases I think unconscionable.
So I would love nothing more than to see Doge
(05:35):
go through every municipality.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Can you imagine what they'd see if they did?
Speaker 1 (05:40):
How efficiently do you think your local government or governments
are operating? As part of Doge's initiative, the DeSantis Doge,
he's going on the legislature to pass legislation that would
compel all local governments throughout the state to work with
the Doze Tash force. In total, DeSantis has already eyed
(06:04):
a billion dollars in savings. So you're like, okay, well,
what's happened here? Out of the gate? DeSantis is saying
there's a billion dollars in savings and he's looking to
reduce state employment by seven hundred and forty net positions. Now,
the reason I say net is his budget is calling
for increases in law enforcement, for example, while having decreases
(06:26):
in other areas, most notably like those positions with those
seventy boards that he wants to get rid of. But
to give you an idea, seven hundred and forty net
positions that is only four tenths of one percent of
the state's employees.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
So yeah, Doze isn't just for d C.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
It is coming to our state before long our communities
minus of course Elon Musk and Big Balls. I think
you know Big Balls is relegated just to hang out
with Elon Muskin and his team in DC. That's why
unless he ever makes the trip to like mar al
Igo with you on, it's possible. But much like the
(07:07):
pushback that we've seen in Washington, d C. I'll be
surprised if we don't see and hear a lot more
of that. With the impacted agencies and governments across our state.
How many government especially the local governments, are are going
to welcome with open arms. You know, some folks from
the state that are coming to check their books. But
as for the idea of getting smaller, more efficient and
(07:29):
responsive stayed in local governments, oh heck, you sign me up.
Any government body, any government body that says they couldn't
possibly operate any more efficiency efficiently that anybody would say
that is just line, just line. Having transparency and the
ability to truly see how efficient our local governments are
(07:51):
operating and ongoing with no doubt cut down on corruption.
It would cut down on the desire of unethical plit
a coos to seek office. I'm mean to think about that.
How many people are like, Hey, if I can just
get in there, you know, then I know how to
pull the levers and do the thing well. If you're
going to have stayed oversight ongoing now would change that
(08:11):
calculus bill, wouldn't it. And I think just in general,
you'd have greater accountability. As I've highlighted recently, the federal
government operates six hundred and sixty seven percent less efficiently
than the average business, and I just think that's important.
The reason I have repeated this three times in five
(08:32):
days is that's massive, right, and for people like federal government,
doje is this ridiculous that their old government operates six
hundred and sixty seven percent less efficiently than the average
business and we have to pay taxes?
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Basically a gunpoint to it. I mean, come on.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
So DeSantis's announcement reminded me of a study on local
government efficiency that i'd seen. The study published in the
Journal of Public Economics. This goes back to twenty seventeen,
so I'm sure some things have changed, but Nevertheless, the
broad theme is the point here. The study was entitled
the Efficiency of Local Government, the Role of Privatization and
(09:17):
Public Sector Unions, and it found that the private sector
could operate public sector services? How much more efficiently at
the local level, where you have public sector services, how
much more efficiently on average would the private sector be
at operating them? Have a number in mine? The answer
(09:39):
is thirty percent. Thirty percent, which by the way, also
means thirty percent lower costs. Would you like to save,
for example, thirty percent on your local taxes? So you know,
it's been great to see doze on load on the
federal governments and efficiencies. It's also great to see DeSantis
(10:01):
recognizing best practices that could be applied to the state,
to counties and municipalities. The legislature should absolutely follow through
with what DeSantis is asking them to do, but back
to what the original doge has already done. This is
my third takeaway today, in advance of any potential filings
on Monday derived from employees who refused to return to
(10:24):
work or didn't respond to the email. Here are the
federal government agencies where the highest number of terminations have
taken place.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
I went through this.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
This is as of the end of last week in order, USAID,
as much as they've been in the news, probably doesn't
come as a surprise. Number two for federal headcount reductions.
The irs, followed by the US Department of Agriculture, Healthing,
Human Services, Department of the Interior, Veterans Affairs, NASA, Homeland Security,
(10:57):
the Commerce Department, the Energy Department, the Office of Personnel Management,
the Transportation Department, FDIC, National Science Foundations, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,
General Services Administration, and the Education Department. I think it's
worth mentioning because not all that stuff makes the news,
(11:18):
and as we've seen the move to bring about greater
efficiency at the federal level, we've already seen that eighteen
agencies preceding yesterday had already taken substantive action to become
more efficient. However, with the federal government consisting of four
hundred and thirty agencies, most of which nobody could name,
(11:42):
I believe even the members of Congress that fund them,
you couldn't get members of Congress to be able to
name these four hundred and thirty agencies. Yesterday's effort, the
big effort to drive efficiencies throughout the entirety of government,
so it's going to be in we're seeing to see
what's next, and also by the time this allwashes out,
(12:04):
how many people are left
Welcome to the Brian Must Show and thank you for listening.
It's time for today's top three takeaways.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Helpful, useful, repeatable.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
I hope you are off to a nice start today
as today should weatherwise, be getting better throughout the day.
And Florida, we are dozing two. We are dozing two.
Talk about the last Man standing as well, and my
top takeaway for you is that, yes, Florida does DOGE.
(00:34):
And as we watch, we wait, and we see what
will happen, what will be with federal government employees who
face two deadlines on Monday, the first to report to
the office, which is something that many had not done
in years, and two to respond to the DOGE inspired
email from the Office of Personnel Management asking employees for
(00:59):
five things they do last week. A lot of pushback
to all that. Governor de Santis meanwhile announced that Florida
is officially doing DOGE.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
On Monday.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
De Santis said the state has established a Doze Doge
task force that aims to do in Florida what Elon
Musk's team DOGE has been doing in DC now. During
his Monday pressure, the governor said Florida already has the
lowest number of government employees per capita in the country,
(01:30):
which is the case, but that there's also a room
to go much smaller. As De Santis said, there's hundreds
of these things, hundreds of them. A lot of people
have never heard of them, but they're there. What do
you think they are any idea? Hundreds of these things,
(01:52):
A lot of people have never heard of them, but
they're there. Are they like, I don't know, actual swamp
creatures straight out at the Everglades? I mean, the thing
that's different about like Tallahassee versus d C is that
you're in proxivity to swamps in Tallahassee. You know, you
(02:14):
don't have actual swamps in DC, just the swamp creatures.
So no, actually not swamp creatures from the Everglades, not
entities of indeterminate origins. Know. The governor noted that there
are seventy boards and commissions established across the state with
over nine hundred positions that operate within them that you
(02:37):
probably have never heard of, you probably never knew existed,
and that if he has it his way, won't for
two much longer. And that's just kind of the tip
of the iceberg here. His new DOGE task force will
be dozing and his words, the state university system with
an eye towards eliminating excesses and bloat of personnel, along
(03:00):
with any courses that run counter to the state's anti
DEI directives. Speaking of DEI, DeSantis said all government contracts
will be reviewed to make sure that they haven't been
and aren't being rewarded based on DEI considerations. One of
the most notable places, DeSantis said, the state's DOGE will
review what happens to be going on closest to you.
(03:26):
He said that dojing is going to be taking place
at the local level, and this includes DOGE teams showing
up at the county level conducting audits. How many locals,
for example, would like to see DOGE dig into expenditures
within PBC for the purpose of evaluating local government efficiency.
(03:49):
I can tell you that with all the taxing authorities,
that's THEEI property tax bill for all the money that
I pay in property taxes each year.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
Why I'm allers, I am all yours.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Second takeaway today today is that DeSantis said local budgets
have ballooned along with Florida's economy, and there's a need
for efficiency. And this is very true I mentioned this
recently that if you just take a look at Palm
Beach County as accounting for a moment past four years,
there's been a twenty percent plus increase in revenue.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
So where does all the money go?
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Now? Some of that is inflation, sure, but not all
of it. A lot of it is just, hey, we've
got more money here. So what we've commonly seen locally,
and this is especially true in Palm Beach County, there's
I'm sure room for efficiency, but so many municipalities you
have record high tax collections, especially from property taxes, followed
(04:50):
by record high budgets that spend every penny as opposed
to reducing militrates to help with affordability challenges throughout their communities.
You know, at least at the counting level, there have
been some millage reductions in recent years, not huge and
not anywhere near enough to offset the increases from property appreciation,
(05:13):
but there at least had been an effort at the
counting level. Most municipalities no, go, hold on, we got
how much more money coming through the door, Great, let's
figure out a way to spend it. Now, it's pretty
much like that, and you take a look at how
many people get tax out their homes, can't afford homes
all that. It's just in some cases I think unconscionable.
So I would love nothing more than to see Doge
(05:35):
go through every municipality.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Can you imagine what they'd see if they did?
Speaker 1 (05:40):
How efficiently do you think your local government or governments
are operating? As part of Doge's initiative, the DeSantis Doge,
he's going on the legislature to pass legislation that would
compel all local governments throughout the state to work with
the Doze Tash force. In total, DeSantis has already eyed
(06:04):
a billion dollars in savings. So you're like, okay, well,
what's happened here? Out of the gate? DeSantis is saying
there's a billion dollars in savings and he's looking to
reduce state employment by seven hundred and forty net positions. Now,
the reason I say net is his budget is calling
for increases in law enforcement, for example, while having decreases
(06:26):
in other areas, most notably like those positions with those
seventy boards that he wants to get rid of. But
to give you an idea, seven hundred and forty net
positions that is only four tenths of one percent of
the state's employees.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
So yeah, Doze isn't just for d C.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
It is coming to our state before long our communities
minus of course Elon Musk and Big Balls. I think
you know Big Balls is relegated just to hang out
with Elon Muskin and his team in DC. That's why
unless he ever makes the trip to like mar al
Igo with you on, it's possible. But much like the
(07:07):
pushback that we've seen in Washington, d C. I'll be
surprised if we don't see and hear a lot more
of that. With the impacted agencies and governments across our state.
How many government especially the local governments, are are going
to welcome with open arms. You know, some folks from
the state that are coming to check their books. But
as for the idea of getting smaller, more efficient and
(07:29):
responsive stayed in local governments, oh heck, you sign me up.
Any government body, any government body that says they couldn't
possibly operate any more efficiency efficiently that anybody would say
that is just line, just line. Having transparency and the
ability to truly see how efficient our local governments are
(07:51):
operating and ongoing with no doubt cut down on corruption.
It would cut down on the desire of unethical plit
a coos to seek office. I'm mean to think about that.
How many people are like, Hey, if I can just
get in there, you know, then I know how to
pull the levers and do the thing well. If you're
going to have stayed oversight ongoing now would change that
(08:11):
calculus bill, wouldn't it. And I think just in general,
you'd have greater accountability. As I've highlighted recently, the federal
government operates six hundred and sixty seven percent less efficiently
than the average business, and I just think that's important.
The reason I have repeated this three times in five
(08:32):
days is that's massive, right, and for people like federal government,
doje is this ridiculous that their old government operates six
hundred and sixty seven percent less efficiently than the average
business and we have to pay taxes?
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Basically a gunpoint to it. I mean, come on.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
So DeSantis's announcement reminded me of a study on local
government efficiency that i'd seen. The study published in the
Journal of Public Economics. This goes back to twenty seventeen,
so I'm sure some things have changed, but Nevertheless, the
broad theme is the point here. The study was entitled
the Efficiency of Local Government, the Role of Privatization and
(09:17):
Public Sector Unions, and it found that the private sector
could operate public sector services? How much more efficiently at
the local level, where you have public sector services, how
much more efficiently on average would the private sector be
at operating them? Have a number in mine? The answer
(09:39):
is thirty percent. Thirty percent, which by the way, also
means thirty percent lower costs. Would you like to save,
for example, thirty percent on your local taxes? So you know,
it's been great to see doze on load on the
federal governments and efficiencies. It's also great to see DeSantis
(10:01):
recognizing best practices that could be applied to the state,
to counties and municipalities. The legislature should absolutely follow through
with what DeSantis is asking them to do, but back
to what the original doge has already done. This is
my third takeaway today, in advance of any potential filings
on Monday derived from employees who refused to return to
(10:24):
work or didn't respond to the email. Here are the
federal government agencies where the highest number of terminations have
taken place.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
I went through this.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
This is as of the end of last week in order, USAID,
as much as they've been in the news, probably doesn't
come as a surprise. Number two for federal headcount reductions.
The irs, followed by the US Department of Agriculture, Healthing,
Human Services, Department of the Interior, Veterans Affairs, NASA, Homeland Security,
(10:57):
the Commerce Department, the Energy Department, the Office of Personnel Management,
the Transportation Department, FDIC, National Science Foundations, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,
General Services Administration, and the Education Department. I think it's
worth mentioning because not all that stuff makes the news,
(11:18):
and as we've seen the move to bring about greater
efficiency at the federal level, we've already seen that eighteen
agencies preceding yesterday had already taken substantive action to become
more efficient. However, with the federal government consisting of four
hundred and thirty agencies, most of which nobody could name,
(11:42):
I believe even the members of Congress that fund them,
you couldn't get members of Congress to be able to
name these four hundred and thirty agencies. Yesterday's effort, the
big effort to drive efficiencies throughout the entirety of government,
so it's going to be in we're seeing to see
what's next, and also by the time this allwashes out,
(12:04):
how many people are left
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