social restructuring

DOGE Incineration Therapy for Social Security

Apr
18
2025
DOGE Incineration Therapy Targets Social Security Administration
RJ Matson, Portland, ME
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The cartoon depicts a figure resembling Elon Musk in a lab coat pushing a gurney labeled Social Security Administration into a large machine marked DOGE Incineration Therapy. A chainsaw branded Elon Musk rests on the floor. Posters promote early detection of waste and frame corruption as a cancer requiring aggressive treatment. The caption reads Trust Me This Is Way More Efficient Than A Chainsaw. The scene references the Department of Government Efficiency efforts active in early 2025 to reduce federal spending and address perceived fraud in entitlement programs.

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2023
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