Conservative commentator Carl Higbie argued that widespread inefficiency across federal agencies demands aggressive budget cuts, saying Washington has grown bloated with programs that deliver little value to taxpayers while draining billions of dollars from the federal budget.

Higbie said his comments have already drawn attention from lawmakers and their staff.

“I ruffled a lot of feathers down in DC, I got a call, a few calls, actually, from congressmen or their staffers, and they were all trying to explain to me, like, Oh, why this can or can't be done,” he said.

“So I know they're watching, but here's just a few ideas.”

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He said his criticism is rooted in frustration with waste, not partisan infighting.

“And look, this is coming from a place, honestly, I actually want to help,” Higbie said. “I hate criticizing my own party, but someone's got to if they're screwing it up.”

Higbie acknowledged that large-scale cuts would result in job losses but dismissed concerns that Washington would suffer lasting harm.

“Look, there's going to be a massive bunch of pain for a bunch of bureaucrats who end up getting fired. There always is,” he said.

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“But considering the surrounding counties of Washington, DC are some of the wealthiest in the country, I really just don't care at this point.”

He said Congress should start by making broad reductions across the board. “Let's look at some of the low hanging fruit,” Higbie said.

“You could just like, codify all the doge cuts, take that right off the top of any budget, like couple 100 billion dollars right there.”

Higbie pointed specifically to the National Endowment for the Arts, questioning why the federal government funds such programs.

“Then you got places like the National Endowments for the Arts, 207 million, like 150 staff, zero reason the government should be funding art programs and things like that,” he said.

“Nothing there.”

He argued those agencies could be eliminated immediately. “And what's great about this, there's no turnover. There's no like winding down, just an immediate cut. Everybody go home, sell the building,” Higbie said.

He made similar remarks about the National Endowment for the Humanities.

“We got the National Endowment for Humanities. I never even heard of this. It's the same thing on the $200 million organization,” he said.

Higbie added that many small agencies provide little benefit.

“There's a ton of these, like hundreds of these little agencies in the 100 to $200 million that are about as useful as nipples on a bull.”

Higbie also criticized federally funded research programs.

“Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. What the hell is that they just like, give money to like, write white papers about stuff African development found it,” he said.

He suggested redirecting funds domestically.

“How about we use that money to fund and develop Detroit?”

Turning to larger agencies, Higbie took aim at the Department of Education.

“The department education. Everybody who runs it's like, yeah, this is great. It's bad. We got to do this,” he said.

“A lot of folks on Capitol Hill right now promised that they would get rid of this. Donald Trump did too.”

He cited the department’s budget and outcomes as justification.

“There's 238 billion now we're talking they don't employ one active teacher, and since their inception, our kids have gotten, like, marketably dumber,” Higbie said.

“Okay, test scores are in the toilet.”

Higbie also questioned the necessity of the National Weather Service.

“NOAA, here's another one, folks. This is the weather group, okay, $7 billion or so for this,” he said.

“This might have been needed in the 70s when it was created, but now we have more advanced weather on, like our watches on our iPhones provided by private companies.”

He rejected arguments that such agencies cannot be eliminated.

“We don't need NOAA anymore. Oh, Carl, we can't cut that. Yes, we can,” Higbie said.

“We can cut. We can cut whatever we want.”

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Most government agencies are about as useful as nipples on a bull… So we should just start cutting most of them pic.twitter.com/Nfk4ihrPoS

— Carl Higbie (@CarlHigbie) December 13, 2025

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