The People’s Choice: Why DOGE Needs Ron Paul

The People’s Choice: Why DOGE Needs Ron Paul

The People’s Choice: Why DOGE Needs Ron Paul

The depar­ture of Vivek Ramaswamy at DOGE is a per­fect oppor­tu­ni­ty to deal in libertarianism’s emi­nence gris.

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The Depart­ment of Gov­ern­ment Effi­cien­cy (DOGE), a brain­child of our new­ly inau­gu­rat­ed Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump and Elon Musk, stands as a bea­con of hope for those of us who have long clam­ored for a gov­ern­ment that not only adheres to the Con­sti­tu­tion but also pro­motes the finan­cial pru­dence that our nation des­per­ate­ly requires. Yet there’s a notable absence that needs rem­e­dy: that of Ron Paul.

For decades, the for­mer con­gress­man has been the unwa­ver­ing voice of fis­cal con­ser­vatism, lib­er­ty, and gov­ern­ment account­abil­i­ty. His influ­ence in the lib­er­ty move­ment is unde­ni­able, and his prin­ci­ples have res­onat­ed with mil­lions, myself includ­ed. That is why I asked Paul on my pod­cast on X the Thurs­day before the elec­tion if he would help DOGE to cut gov­ern­ment. His affir­ma­tive answer went viral and caused a week­end-long surge of lib­er­tar­i­ans and Ron Paul fans say­ing they were not going to vote before but that they would now “crawl through glass” at the chance of see­ing Ron Paul cut spend­ing with Elon. 

Elon said he “would love to have Ron Paul join” and post­ed a series of memes and hype posts gen­er­at­ing hun­dreds of mil­lions of views on the idea. The Lib­er­tar­i­an Par­ty of New Hamp­shire made head­lines when it endorsed Trump, cit­ing the Ron Paul at DOGE idea as a key fac­tor in their deci­sion. The chance of Ron Paul being a DOGE advi­sor played a his­tor­i­cal­ly sig­nif­i­cant role in the pres­i­den­tial vic­to­ry of Don­ald Trump.

My efforts in con­nect­ing Ron Paul and Elon Musk before the elec­tion were not just about align­ing two vision­ary minds; it was about har­ness­ing a move­ment of prin­ci­pled con­sti­tu­tion­al gov­ern­ment.

Post-elec­tion, the appoint­ment of Vivek Ramaswamy to co-lead DOGE with Musk was a clear nod to the grass­roots demand for some­one with Paul’s ethos at the helm of this ini­tia­tive. Ramaswamy, with his advo­ca­cy for down­sized gov­ern­ment, was per­ceived as a bridge to Paul’s ideals. With his recent deci­sion to step away from DOGE to pur­sue a guber­na­to­r­i­al cam­paign in Ohio, we find our­selves at a cross­roads.

Why isn’t Ron Paul involved? The public’s clam­or for his involve­ment is unmis­tak­able. Musk has retweet­ed many of his shows and rec­om­men­da­tions since the elec­tion. Paul and Musk have shown remark­able align­ment on crit­i­cal issues like gov­ern­ment spend­ing, the Fed­er­al Reserve, mil­i­tary spend­ing reform, and the need for a lean­er, more trans­par­ent gov­ern­ment. Their dia­logues on X have been both a tes­ta­ment to their shared vision and a pub­lic endorse­ment of what DOGE could achieve with Paul’s guid­ance.

Paul’s involve­ment in DOGE could be struc­tured in a way that max­i­mizes his impact with­out neces­si­tat­ing a full-time offi­cial role, which he has his­tor­i­cal­ly shunned. Here’s how:

  1. Advi­so­ry role with liai­son: Paul could serve in an advi­so­ry capac­i­ty, appoint­ing a trust­ed con­fi­dant as a liai­son to pro­vide ongo­ing, direct feed­back on DOGE’s day-to-day oper­a­tions. This would ensure that his phi­los­o­phy of gov­ern­ment reduc­tion and fis­cal respon­si­bil­i­ty direct­ly influ­ences DOGE’s ini­tia­tives. His insights could guide the depart­ment towards not just cut­ting costs but also ensur­ing these cuts align with lib­er­tar­i­an prin­ci­ples of indi­vid­ual lib­er­ty over bureau­crat­ic expan­sion.
  2. Week­ly updates via pod­cast: Imag­ine the trans­paren­cy and edu­ca­tion­al val­ue of week­ly pod­casts where Paul and Musk dis­cuss the progress of DOGE. This would not only keep the pub­lic informed but also serve as a moti­va­tion­al tool for those with­in the gov­ern­ment to push for effi­cien­cy know­ing their work is under the scruti­ny of Paul’s dis­cern­ing eye. These updates could detail spe­cif­ic areas where sav­ings were achieved, explain­ing the method­ol­o­gy behind these suc­cess­es, there­by fos­ter­ing a cul­ture of account­abil­i­ty and trans­paren­cy.

More­over, Paul’s involve­ment would not just be sym­bol­ic. His track record speaks vol­umes: His “Audit the Fed” cam­paign sparked a nation­wide con­ver­sa­tion on mon­e­tary pol­i­cy, and his edu­ca­tion­al efforts through his books, speech­es, and the Ron Paul Insti­tute have enlight­ened count­less Amer­i­cans about the per­ils of an over­sized gov­ern­ment. His par­tic­i­pa­tion in DOGE would legit­imize the effort in the eyes of many who are skep­ti­cal of gov­ern­ment ini­tia­tives, pro­vid­ing a much-need­ed assur­ance that this project isn’t just anoth­er lay­er of bureau­cra­cy but a gen­uine attempt to stream­line gov­ern­ment oper­a­tions.

The depar­ture of Ramaswamy from DOGE now leaves a void that Paul could fill, not just in capac­i­ty but in spir­it. It’s not mere­ly about replac­ing one fig­ure with anoth­er; it’s about ful­fill­ing the promise made to those who vot­ed for change, for effi­cien­cy, for a gov­ern­ment that echoes the Founders’ vision of lim­it­ed pow­er and max­i­mum per­son­al free­dom. 

Plac­ing Paul at DOGE, even in an advi­so­ry capac­i­ty, is more than a polit­i­cal maneu­ver; it is a moral imper­a­tive for those who believe in the prin­ci­ples of lib­er­ty, the sanc­ti­ty of the Con­sti­tu­tion, and the urgency of fis­cal respon­si­bil­i­ty. Let us not miss this oppor­tu­ni­ty to bring one of America’s most prin­ci­pled voic­es to where he can make a tan­gi­ble dif­fer­ence. The peo­ple have spo­ken through their votes and their voic­es on social plat­forms; they want Ron Paul involved. Let’s heed the call and make DOGE not just a depart­ment but a lega­cy of true gov­ern­men­tal reform. A gold­en age needs the Con­gres­sion­al gold stan­dard of hon­est government—Ron Paul.

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