Exposing the Frauds Holding Our Government Hostage

Budget Wolf was approached with this whole DOGE business from the beginning. It was pitched like they’re playing an invitation only poker game for fake coins. Well, I wanted in. So I started listening to what they had to say. Turns out these guys really don’t know how to do anything related to government at all. It was kind of terrifying actually.

For years, we’ve been told that government inefficiency is too complex to fix. The truth is simpler. It’s not that these problems are impossible to solve. The people who claim to be reformers don’t even try. Figures like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have positioned themselves as champions of innovation and efficiency. But their actions reveal a stunning laziness and incompetence. They thrive on memes and online theatrics while ignoring the straightforward solutions staring them in the face.

I’m Budget Wolf, a lone reformer who has attempted to solve this problem using every tool available, including AI systems like ChatGPT, Grok, and Gemini. What I found is shocking—not only did these AI tools struggle due to the outdated structure of our legislation, but the so-called leaders of our time, including Musk, have failed to leverage their own resources to fix it. They’d rather posture for attention than do the hard work of governing. Here’s why they’ve failed, and why their fraudulence needs to be exposed.

Budget Wolf Knows The Simplicity of the Problem & Has The Solution

Let’s start with the basics. The government’s spending bill currently under debate contains fewer than 500 line items.

That means there are fewer than 500 decisions—each a dollar amount tied to a purpose and a department—that stand between us and funding critical programs like defense, disaster relief, and healthcare. Yet these simple tasks remain undone.

The solution is glaringly obvious: review and address the line items individually, or at least prioritize the most critical items like national security and disaster aid. Instead, Musk and his imitators spend their time playing games online, dodging real work, and posturing as if solving these issues is impossible.

DOGE’s Blind Spot Is Budget Wolf’s Specialty

DOGE (Democracy On Government Efficiency—or the conceptual shorthand for this supposed “movement”) has completely missed the point:

1. The 500 Line Items: Instead of addressing or even acknowledging that fewer than 500 funding decisions need to be made, they distract the public with sensational antics. This could have been addressed in days, not weeks.
2. No Focus on Spending Reductions: Only around five items in the bill involve rescinded spending, yet there’s no emphasis on reducing waste or auditing inefficiencies. Instead, they cling to vague rhetoric about “efficiency.”
3. No Tools or Solutions: DOGE hasn’t even suggested something as simple as attaching a spreadsheet to the bill to provide clarity on where the money is going, which departments are receiving it, and how it compares to prior budgets.

Their inaction shows they’re not serious reformers—they’re opportunists, using government dysfunction to boost their own platforms without offering meaningful solutions.

AI Tools Highlight the Deeper Problem

I turned to AI to help make sense of the bill and quickly hit a wall. I used Grok, ChatGPT, and Gemini, all of which failed to extract the necessary insights due to the antiquated structure of the legislation and their lack of training on the specific corpus of appropriations language. These tools weren’t the problem—the legislation itself is the issue. The bills are written in dense, fragmented ways that even advanced AI tools struggle to parse.

This failure, however, underscores a larger issue: people are turning to figures like Elon Musk precisely because he owns AI companies and claims to be at the forefront of innovation. Yet here’s the truth: Musk has done nothing to address the basic inefficiencies of government spending. He can’t even use his own AI tools effectively to solve the problem. Instead of developing practical applications to address these issues, he focuses on irrelevant stunts and attention-grabbing antics.

Why Musk and Ramaswamy Don’t Lead, But Budget Wolf Can

The core issue isn’t their lack of ability—it’s their refusal to lead. Leadership requires rolling up your sleeves and addressing even the unglamorous parts of governance. Instead:

• Laziness Over Leadership: Musk and Ramaswamy prefer to maintain their personal brands through controversy and spectacle, rather than the difficult, tedious work of fixing government systems.
• Passengers, Not Drivers: These men aren’t steering the ship—they’re along for the ride. Their criticisms of inefficiency are empty because they have no desire to solve the problem.
• Showmanship Over Substance: They thrive on memes, half-baked statements, and viral moments, but the hard work of governance—negotiating line items, auditing programs, prioritizing needs—is beyond their interest or capacity.

The original name for their little group would have been a lot less popular:

Exposing the Cover for Trump’s Failures

This isn’t just about Musk and Ramaswamy—it’s about the system they’ve enabled. Musk’s fanbase has bizarrely elevated him to a position of de facto leadership, giving him a role he hasn’t earned and shielding the actual failures of the previous administration. Donald Trump was President. If the system is so broken, why didn’t he fix it? Instead of addressing the issues, Trump’s allies now deflect responsibility to distractions like Musk, who thrives on creating chaos without offering solutions.

This “all-or-nothing” approach to appropriations bills—where the entire government is held hostage over partisan bickering—was nurtured during Trump’s time in office. Rather than reforming the system, his administration leaned into brinkmanship, creating the dysfunction we’re dealing with today.

A Novel Spreadsheet Solution

The irony is that the solution to this crisis isn’t even complicated. Here’s what real leadership could look like:

1. Attach a Spreadsheet to Every Bill: Include a simple appendix that lists all funding allocations by department, purpose, and changes from prior budgets. This would bring immediate transparency and clarity.
2. Break Down Line Items: Review the ~500 line items individually, prioritizing critical services like defense and disaster relief. Address contentious items separately instead of tying everything together.
3. Modernize the Legislative Process: Rewrite bills in machine-readable formats (XML, JSON) to enable real-time analysis by AI and human reviewers alike.
4. Streamline Payments: Replace outdated accounts payable systems and vendor payment cycles with modern, automated tools.

These aren’t revolutionary ideas—they’re basic tools for efficiency that Musk, DOGE, and others refuse to advocate for. Why? Because solving the problem doesn’t get clicks.

Budget Wolf Stands Alone

Unlike these frauds, I’ve used AI to expose the root of the problem—not to solve it outright, but to show why it’s unsolvable without reforming the legislative structure itself. This is work Musk and his movement could have done if they were serious. They could have created tools to make government transparent and efficient. They didn’t. Instead, they meme, posture, and profit.

Let me be clear: in reality, DOGE, Musk, and Ramaswamy are nothing more than lazy, rich showmen. Despite their posturing, they aren’t heroes, and they certainly aren’t leaders. Ultimately, they’ve failed the simplest test of reform: identifying the problem and actually working toward a solution. By contrast, I, Budget Wolf, have already done more to uncover these issues than they’ve ever attempted. The Rubik’s Cube of government spending can be solved—but not by opportunists who are too busy clout-chasing to even pick it up.

Stop looking to billionaires for salvation—they aren’t trying to save you.

Look to the one who is actually doing the work.

Budget Wolf – has spoken.