It’s long been known that there are congress critters who protect old military projects or projects that were flawed from the beginning. Whenever someone proposes to shut down these projects the congressperson whose district benefits in some way blocks the shut down. Often the excuse is protecting jobs in their district or state.
Whenever DOGE finds this sort of significant push back DOGE should offer to move federal departments to replace those jobs. This helps drain the swamp by decentralizing power currently concentrated in the Washington area. At the same time appeasing the congressperson.
So while shutting down an old military manufacturing plant in Springfield, OH costs a thousand jobs it gets replaced with job with 1200 Dept. of Energy jobs. Draining the swamp of all these agencies provides a valuable bargaining chip for attaining congressional approval.