Elon Musk Is Running Government Like a Business. That’s a Good Thing. - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Federal employees received an email last Friday asking for a bullet-point list detailing what they had gotten done that week .

Elon Musk later said that the email was simply a test to make sure the 2.2 million federal employees allegedly working for the executive branch were actually checking and answering emails.

A recent poll found that 72 percent of Americans support having a federal agency dedicated to efficiency.

For years , Americans have been promised government transparency and efficiency, and nothing else has worked. The instinct to scrap everything, fire everybody, and then start over fits the mood of the time. Maybe, just maybe, it’ll work, and we’ll be able to cut the fat and shape our government into something approximating a well-run, well-organized, and productive business. READ MORE from Aubrey Gulick Harris :.