Reference:- Reference:- Practical and fair-minded Sky News presenter Ms Sharri Markson tells us we need our own Elon Musk .

 Reference : -  It has been proposed that opposition Senator Jacinta Price could fill the roll of Mr Elon Musk should Mr Dutton win the forthcoming Australian federal election . 

Dear Sharri , 

                        This proposed Department of Government Efficiency   , or DOGE as they call it stateside , is sorely needed here in Oz . Especially if Mr Dutton becomes the new Prime Minister  .  Our government  has a regrettable tendency to run deficit budgets . and a DOGE is what we need to reverse that trend .  The federal budget has run a  deficit pretty much every year for two decades   (the only exceptions being two years under Labor rule , but let's not confuse the narrative...ahem .  ) , and something must be done . 

Ken junior is a keen follower of the economic news , and he has a few questions which you might like to address during one of your excellent analyses of current affairs .  

1.   Is it a good idea to emulate Mr Musk's approach and style ?  Mr Musk has lost 121 billion US dollars of his own nest egg since the beginning of the year. Does this mean he can't manage money as well as he claims ?  

2  Mr Musk has also caused all manner of civil strife and triggered costly legal action  against his government by sacking tens of thousands of important civil servants who have now been reinstated .  Was that wise? 

3. Would the skipper of our DOGE favour the use of the Nazi salute , like Mr Musk ?  We run a more temperate culture here in Oz , and it might not be well received . 

4.  Like Mr Musk , would Ms Price be offered billions of quid in government contracts ?  That might not pass the pub test here in Oz . 

5. President Trump has filed for bankruptcy six times .  Perhaps his financial judgement in setting up a DOGE  is questionable ?  

6.  Would a DOGE eventually oversee the privatisation of many government departments ?  Private enterprise has an appalling history of inefficiency .

Ken junior has an eccentric view of private enterprise . He tells me that although government departments are riddled with inefficiency and plagued by waste , compared with private enterprise they are models of productivity .  I told Ken junior that nobody believes governments are more efficient than private enterprise .

" Nobody believes that governments are more efficient than private enterprise . " , I said .  

" Let me run a post to explain why they are wrong . " , Ken junior said . 

" It's a deal , but keep it brief , I don't want five pages of Marxist hogwash . " , I said . 

Anyway , if he doesn't get distracted when his girlfriend visits this week , and forget all about it , we may soon see a post called  " The myth of private enterprise efficiency " .   

Your comrade , Ken