The American bureaucracy has long been a monument to inefficiency, where taxpayer dollars vanish faster than free donuts in a break room. Year after year, Washington’s army of bureaucrats has mastered just one skill: explaining why nothing can ever change.

But in 2025, the comfortable world of federal paper-pushers is getting an unexpected wake-up call. While career bureaucrats perfect their rubber-stamping techniques, a new breed of efficiency experts is busy counting the government’s beans – and finding quite a few missing.

President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will conduct a comprehensive audit of the Internal Revenue Service. The announcement came as DOGE staffers were spotted entering IRS headquarters, armed with laptops and a decidedly unbureaucratic sense of urgency.

From ‘The Post Millennial’:

“I don’t expect it,” Trump said, referring to the claim that the IRS would close. “I think that the Internal Revenue Service is going to be looked at just like everybody else. Just about everybody’s going to be looked at.”

Trump said of DOGE, “They’re doing a hell of a job. It’s an amazing job they’re doing… I call it the force of super-geniuses, but it’s building, and they go up, and they talk to some of the people about certain deals, and the people get all tongue-tied. They can’t talk. Because these people get it. They’re very smart people.”

Track Record of Success

DOGE’s reputation for uncovering government waste has already raised eyebrows across Washington. Just last week, the organization’s leader, Elon Musk, revealed his team had discovered Social Security payments still being sent to people listed as “150 years old” – apparently, some federal programs believe in eternal life.

Since January, DOGE has accessed systems at 15 federal agencies, according to ABC News.

Their efficiency-focused approach has already eliminated millions in wasteful spending, leaving bureaucrats scrambling to explain why they needed gold-plated staplers in the first place.

Taking on the Tax Collectors

The IRS audit represents DOGE’s boldest move yet. The agency that strikes fear into the hearts of taxpayers everywhere is about to get a taste of its own medicine. As one DOGE official quipped, “It’s time to audit the auditors.”

“This is where the big money fraud is happening,” Musk stated on social media, displaying his characteristic subtlety.

The Washington Examiner reports that Trump has proposed replacing the entire IRS with a streamlined External Revenue Office – a move that would have bureaucrats updating their LinkedIn profiles en masse.

Reform Revolution

House Speaker Mike Johnson praised the initiative, noting that DOGE is “doing what Congress has been unable to do in recent years because the agencies have hidden some of this from us.”

Translation: The foxes guarding the henhouse didn’t appreciate questions about missing chickens.

The audit signals a new era in government accountability, where efficiency isn’t just a buzzword in a mission statement gathering dust on a wall. It’s about time someone checked the math of those who’ve been checking ours for decades.

Key Takeaways

• President Trump’s efficiency team is making history by conducting the first-ever comprehensive audit of the IRS.
• Private sector expertise has already exposed millions in government waste, including payments to “150-year-old” recipients.
• DOGE’s investigation could pave the way for fundamental tax collection reform that benefits American taxpayers.

Sources: The Post Millennial, Washington Examiner, ABC News