To DOGE - or not to DOGE?

(Or maybe, how to DOGE?)

After a hiatus, Merrill and Arun are back!

They start off catching up on what they read over the holidays and their impressions on the first couple of months of the new administration — before diving deeply into all things DOGE, the deficit and the national debt.

They discuss and debate:

• ​How important is the national debt?
• ​How has DOGE done so far?
• ​What would it take to actually bring down the national debt?
• ​Is it politically possible?

Note: This conversation was recorded on March 1st.