The more your Survival Guy thinks about red states vs blue states, the more I like my Super States, especially staying away from blue blob cities. Some of Your Survival Guy’s Super States are working to make their operations more efficient. States are taking their cue from President Donald Trump’s DOGE initiative, and implementing cost-cutting plans of their own. Your Survival Guy’s #1 Super State, New Hampshire, and others, have created their own programs to find efficiencies. Kevin Hardy reports on these efforts in the South Carolina Daily Gazette, writing:
In the first hours of his second term, Trump signed an executive order creating a temporary commission he dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency. He first announced DOGE, named after a viral meme and a cryptocurrency, in November as an effort led by billionaire Elon Musk to find billions in federal cuts.
In recent weeks, GOP governors and lawmakers have set up their own government efficiency task forces and committees to find ways to cut state spending.
The Texas House of Representatives recently announced plans for a 13-member Delivery of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, committee that will examine state agencies for inefficiencies, and Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said a DOGE bill would be one of his top legislative priorities. GOP leaders in Kansas, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Wisconsin have recently announced similar ventures.
Newly elected New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte’s first executive order was the creation of COGE, the state’s Commission on Government Efficiency.
Signed my first Executive Order to create the Commission on Government Efficiency – or as I like to call it, “COGE”!
We’re going to roll up our sleeves and find ways to streamline government, cut spending, and create value for our taxpayers. pic.twitter.com/IaUP10iVGA
— Governor Kelly Ayotte (@KellyAyotte) January 9, 2025
Action Line: Whether at the federal level or the state level, you want your leaders to make sure every dollar you pay in taxes is spent in the most efficient way. Read more about Your Survival Guy’s 2025 Super States here, and click here to subscribe to my free monthly Survive & Thrive letter.
