1. a) Define bureaucracy.
b) What point does Elon Musk make about bureaucracy?

2. a) Define autonomous and responsive as used in para. 6.
b) What point does Musk make about the type of federal bureaucracy we should have? (see para. 6)

3. a) Define deficit.
b) What is the amount of the U.S. deficit?
c) What astonished Elon about the interest payments on the U.S. deficit? (approximately at minute 3:00 on the video)

4. What did the DOGE team discover about quite a few people in the bureaucracy at USAID?

5. a) What basic controls that are in place in any company are not in place at the Treasury Department, according to Mr. Musk?
b) What problem does this create?
c) What is the problem with the "Do Not Pay" list at Treasury? (see para. 17)

6. a) Why do the bureaucrats at the Treasury Department approve all of the payment requests?
b) What will the Trump administration do going forward to solve the "complaint minimization" problem at Treasury?
c) Define draconian and radical as used in para. 23.

7. What concerning items did the DOGE team discover with a cursory (quick; not detailed) examination of Social Security?

8. a) Why is there a limit on the number of people who can retire from the federal government in any month?
b) What is your reaction to Elon's solution (at minute 9:30 on video or para. 39-42)

9. Re-read the questions reporters asked Elon Musk. Why do you think none asked follow-up questions on any of the concerning expenditures or fraud the DOGE team has so far discovered?

OPTIONAL: Watch the Jesse Watters commentary on wasteful government spending that DOGE has discovered.
What is your reaction to Watters' comments?