Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are proposing significant cuts to the American bureaucracy, including deregulation and the elimination of remote work, in order to address the U.S. government's financial concerns.

The national debt's interest payments have exceeded defense spending, prompting the need for action. The Biden administration has seen an increase in the federal workforce, adding approximately 121,000 employees and bringing the total to nearly 2.4 million. This expansion is contributing to the growing debt crisis, which requires congressional intervention.