• Rimu@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    Elon Musk, the de facto head of DOGE, lowered expectations of the group’s savings from $1 trillion to $150 billion by the end of the fiscal year.

    So, a failure even on their own terms.

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        And even then the “savings” will be shortterm. Wouldn’t surprise me at all if you could draw a straight line to a trillion dollars lost over the next 10+ years caused directly by DOGE.

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            Oh I just mean directly costing us tax dollars that could’ve been used wisely but instead will be wasted trying to fix things doge fucked up royally. The loss this administration has already caused to the economy as a whole is incalculable. Even if the tariffs get reversed and we recover modestly that would still be many billions stolen from the working class’ retirement and other investment accounts.

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      The original goal was 2 trillion. It’s less than 1% of the original goal now.

      Edit: Less than 10% which is still pathetic, but this is why I shouldn’t do math in my head.