Elon Musk's DOGE cost cuts will end up costing us
Efforts to eliminate governmental regulations also have a cost. Eliminating background checks on guns and rescinding gun safety have a societal cost but also increase the cost of policing. Eliminating regulations requiring nursing homes to be staffed with nurses increases medical costs for vulnerable seniors. Eliminating safety checks on food drives up the cost of illness, and eliminating environmental regulations increases the cost of flood remediation.