D.O.G.E. is 100% Biblical

Guess what subject Jesus spoke about more than any other? No, it wasn’t sin and no it wasn’t hell (although He did mention hell more often than heaven, probably because He didn’t want anyone to go there).

Actually, the Prince of Peace talked more about money than any other topic. Because He was fully God and fully man, He knows what makes us tick. I suppose that’s why He said in Matthew 6:21, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Today, we might put it this way – show me your checkbook and I’ll show you your priorities.

So, let’s all agree that Jesus was – and is – a master economist. After all, John 1:3 reads, “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” And as if that wasn’t enough, His Father just so happens to own the cattle on a thousand hills (Psalm 50:10).

By now, you may be wondering where I am going with all of this. Well, turn in your Bible to John 15:2 and you will find the economic gameplan of the Trump administration… and D.O.G.E in particular.

Here is what that verse says…

“He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.”

Insert “government agency or program” for branch and you have a biblical rationale for what Donald Trump and Elon Musk are doing. Simply put, they are cutting off the branches of the government tree that are barren… and the branches that are producing fruit, they are scaling back to the basics to stimulate new growth.

That makes both biblical and economic sense. So does “counting the cost” of something before barreling full steam ahead with a project that is full of dollar signs with no end in sight (see Luke 14:28-29).

Take the Green New Deal, for example. Since it was first introduced in 2019, cost estimates have varied between $18 and $93 trillion. That’s a pretty big gap but either way, it’s a huge chunk of money. Of course, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), who sponsored the bill, claims that if America does not embark on an ambitious climate change crusade, the country’s GDP will drop by 10% by 2090. Where he came up with those numbers is anyone’s guess (with emphasis on the word “guess”).

Then there was President Biden’s $4 trillion “Build Back Better” boondoggle that combined a $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan with a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan known as the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021… on top of which “Geritol Joe” and a spend-happy Congress added the $1 trillion American Families Plan.

Money well spent? Not if you consider shelling out $7.5 billion over two years to build a whopping seven EV charging stations, as was reported by the left-leaning Washington Post. I’ll save you the time and do the math myself. That comes out to almost $1.1 billion per charging station. Nice job, Joe!

Borrowing money that we didn’t have to spend on programs that we didn’t need was bad enough. Printing money that wasn’t backed by anything but the paper itself and then flooding the economy with it was even worse. Together, these disastrous – and quite juvenile – economic policies led to hyper-inflation that soared to 40-year highs… and saddled future generations of Americans with mountains of debt that they will never be able to repay.

Now that the adults are back in charge, they are telling the American people the hard truth. The “sugar high” created by short-sighted and uncontrolled spending is over, and it’s time to tighten our belts to get our fiscal weight back under control. Like any diet, there will be some initial discomfort, but the long-term benefits – economic and otherwise – will be worth it.

If you don’t believe me, just ask Jesus.