The United States was founded by entrepreneurs, including George Washington, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. In fact, even today, our ethos and roots are inextricably tied to entrepreneurship. Being an entrepreneur represents the things we love: freedom, upward mobility, and being rewarded for what we produce as individuals, not what our parents produce. Most everyone agrees on these things.

In Washington, D.C., this week, the axiom that politics makes strange bedfellows was proven. Apparently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) agree about cutting waste in the Pentagon (I do wonder if the agreement will hold when a proposal is made to cut back on social spending). While the backlash about President-elect Donald Trump’s loyalist picks for his Cabinet and the leadership at the new Department of Government Efficiency has been swift and loud, I believe the U.S., like Sanders, may begin to see the benefits of having more entrepreneurs in Washington.