What Can DOGE Do For You? – career civil servant types, anti-humanitarian budget cuts, & why wasteful government spending is likely to continue

Government needs transparency and people who do the right thing. Resilient and rational government employees represent the best of our government’s civil servants. But three other types of government workers are more common: riders, risers, and rescuers or wannabe humanitarians. The current executive branch appears to be targeting left-leaning humanitarian or rescuer types in order to (1) consolidate power and (2) cut spending. But, would mandatory annual itemized financial reports do the job for them?

Beware of those who speak for God(s): On Trump’s Inauguration Statement & Those Who Claim Divine Revelations

What do you do when individuals claim to speak for God? Is the statement manipulative, dogmatic, honest, or something else? Why not question the validity of personal revelations? This post highlights the tension between individual beliefs, urging for authenticity and active listening instead of control and dogmatism in discussions about spirituality and truth.