Do you think there's a problem with having the government scrutinized to try to eliminate waste and inefficiency?

What I’m hearing is that Democrats (of which I am one) are outraged about the government possibly saving money (via DOGE).

Republicans are saying for what reason could the Dems want to keep waste and inefficiency?

I’m wondering what could be the harm in trying to eliminate waste and ineffiency?

I’m not saying they should slash and eliminate everything, but there are some things that I’m sure could be changed.

I worked in local government for 30 years and I saw lots of things that were inefficient. At the end of the budget year, any remaining money had to be spent or else it would be cut out of next year’s budget. Lots of things, the people at the top would just say “this is the way we do it” or “it’s been done this way for a long time” or “there’s a right way, a wrong way and the ______ way.”

What do you think?