DOGE Friday’s Conservative Voice Topic — The Conservative Voice, Friday, will be discussing the economic consequences of D.O.G.E cuts, and America’s transition from government waste, fraud & abuse to private investment.
The Conservative Voice airs noon to 2 p.m. on WWDB 860-AM, and online.
E.J. Antoni, who is a Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget, will be joining us. President Trump warned us that we will suffer economic turbulence as we go through this transition. E.J. will explain what to expect, and give us insight on how to understand what is happening, and why there is no need to panic.
D.O.G.E has uncovered a lot of nonsensical programs funded by federal dollars. Spending $47 million to “improve learning outcomes in Asia” seems crazy when five Asian countries top the list of best scores in math and science according to a report issued from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. That same report shows the U.S. ranking 34th in math out of 81 countries. Given these statistics, who is it that actually needs help improving learning outcomes?
Sen. Doug Mastriano (R – Franklin/Adams Counties) recently introduced legislation to establish a Pennsylvania D.O.G.E. While the federal D.O.G.E. is a part of the Executive Branch, the PA version would report to the legislature which controls the “purse strings” and budget appropriations for the commonwealth. Funding would be decided upon by a newly created Bi-Partisan Oversight Committee, after reviewing recommendations.
We will also discuss Gov. Shapiro’s new 2025-2026 Budget. Of the $51.47 billion budget, new spending initiatives totaling almost $1.2 billion are not all inclusive. New revenue would mostly come from increased regulation and taxes, plus, over $4 billion in federal grants and subsidies.
DOGE Friday’s Conservative Voice Topic