"Dave" and DOGE and how not to think about government spending

Accountant Charles Grodin can fix EVERYTHING.

Fiscal discipline can be fun and folksy and so easy anyone could do it! Or something! (Source: Youtube)

First off: I am on record as loving Dave. Have you seen Dave? Go see Dave.

Dave rules. It slaps. It romps. Dave is from the great ‘90s cinematic era when high-quality, silly-but-not-stupid adult comedies ruled the earth.¹

Dave is the story of an everyman…