Lack of DOGE Savings

[HDGristle]

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-...ll-of-receipts

I don't feel bad at all. If you do, that's a you thing. I'm delighted and quite tickled by how inefficient the efficiency gestapo are

[HDGristle]

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/01/nx-s1...pts-musk-trump

Two steps forward, three steps back

[winn dixie]

Doge= gestapo
True words

[HDGristle]

Hey Winn. If I cancel a procurement contract that was already fully satisfied, is there a savings? Or is the time I spent on that instead of learning how to audit properly wasteful?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...ts-errors.html

[onawbtngr546]

What about if you hold food delivery contracts that have already been paid for, resulting in the food spoiling? How much money was saved with letting already-bought food go bad?

[HDGristle]

All the frozen payments aren't helping either. U.S. manufacturers and farmers are getting terrible news as they try to figure out what to plant and whether they're going to be paid or get more orders.

They're not going to be happy about losing their jobs or farms or businesses and letting more of the big guys consolidate their market share.

This has ancillary effects for transportation industry as well.

[HDGristle]

https://www.nbcchicago.com/investiga...rrors/3691899/

Pretty damn embarrassing, Elmo. Taking credit for actions on contracts that weren't even canceled by DOGE

[onawbtngr546]

elon doesn't want to be associated with doge and their mass firings. Gee, must be bad PR?

[nomad1000!]

How do you know Trump or Elon is telling a lie?

I know it’s old but never more fitting, when they open their mouth.

The so-called savings are a joke

[onawbtngr546]

Originally Posted by nomad1000!

How do you know Trump or Elon is telling a lie?

I know it’s old but never more fitting, when they open their mouth.

The so-called savings are a joke

No, the savings are very real. Except instead of being funneled back into the economy, they are being funneled into the private funds of musk, trump et al.

They are intentionally dismantling the federal government so that they can privatize it.



It is very clear this is what elon wants to do with the FAA.


All the people who are anti-big government are going to never know how big the government is when it becomes a private for-profit, for-shareholders company

[nomad1000!]

Their so called savings numbers are complete fabrication, buying out leases that were scheduled to be closed anyways, those numbers are laughable. Are they saving some money? Sure but elons numbers are laughable, the buyout of all these employees are a huge 1 time loss but if run correctly saves money down the line. If done rashly w out thought and turns out your are re-hiring employees and contractors, then it’s actually a cost/addl expense of doinn things wrong and needing to fix.


But you are correct, musk and others will reap most everything. Much like Russia or any other dictatorship, everything is done on an uneven playing field, the circle gets bigger and richer. I’m just embarrassed by my party following like sheep w all the outrageous lies and claims, and esp the actions vs our best allies. If things keep going as it is now, dems will control everything next election when dummies realize Trump is a liar and giving billionaires billions via tariffs (love trumps talk of that lowering prices yet dummies believed him) but all truths will some to light when the true effect of tariffs come to light, when the deficit jumps higher that senile joes term despite screwing middle class and down w trump and Elon telling everyone they’re much better off w small govt lol

[HDGristle]

DOGE savings are overstated by 92%?

https://boingboing.net/2025/03/12/mu...ted-by-92.html