As Elon Musk pursues his “draining the swamp” in Washington, D.C., his plan to reduce the size of the US federal government may have a number of unintended consequences.
To be sure, few people might disagree with ending payments to millions of people who continue drawing their Social Security benefits years after having died and been buried.
Even fewer might approve of channeling millions of dollars in aid to NGOs in such emerging economic giants like India and Indonesia, not to mention sinkholes such as Afghanistan or active anti-American states like South Africa.
