"DOGE's verified savings have been less than 1/10 of 1% of federal spending," says conservative budget expert

a year ago by btaf45 to c/usa

"There have been embarrassing accounting errors, lots of public statements that turned out to be false or misleading, or actions slapped back by the courts."

"The spending savings are so small that they will be undoubtedly overwhelmed by the significant tax revenue losses which result from gutting IRS tax enforcement," Riedl tells Axios.

urno 22 points a year ago

The point of DOGE was to hamper processes harmful to Musk’s generation of income. And, in all likelihood, his own Dr. Evil-esque acquisition of data and probable installation of back doors into systems.

By that measure DOGE has been a success.

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Hideakikarate 17 points a year ago

The amount of money "saved" 1) won't come back to the people in any way/shape/form, and 2) cost a helluva lot less than not having it at all. I mean, it's objectively worse now after being "saved" than it was when it was operating normally.

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DarkDarkHouse 6 points a year ago

He 👏 wasn't 👏 there 👏 to 👏 save 👏 money

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BedSharkPal 4 points a year ago

And look at how much death and destruction it will cause over the next few decades. Such complete stupidity at every level.

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Rooskie91 3 points a year ago
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OrteilGenou 5 points a year ago

That's a weird way of saying 0.1%

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Rooskie91 2 points a year ago

I'll see myself out

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