Muskawamy are claiming they will cut $2 trillion in government spending, and 75% of federal employees. Are such numbers feasible?
No, unless they absolutely gut state capacity and the safety net. 🧵
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/some-basic-math-about-cutting-government
No, unless they absolutely gut state capacity and the safety net. 🧵
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/some-basic-math-about-cutting-government
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What exactly is the problem?
Unless one is assuming that DOGE is supposed to help all Americans.
No, its mission is to reduce spending. That's all.
The 75% cut is a reduction from what Curtis Yarvin suggested. Which was 100%.
I’m sure he thinks the same of the U.S. government.
Also Muskawamy needs to catch on. 🔥
the big defense contractors want what/who they bought
"Muskawamy are claiming they will cut $2 trillion in government spending, and 75% of federal employees. Are such numbers feasible?
No, unless they absolutely gut state capacity and the safety net. 🧵"
They will happily gut the welfare state, such as it is.
Then we’ll find out just how far the propaganda machine will go to convince those losing benefits that they are actually better off.
In fact they’ll cost more by breaking things they don’t understand and leaving the gates open for private sector theft on a grand scale probably starting with J.Kusher esq.
It's a shell game. Call everything privatized a "savings", regardless of whether or not there's an actual cost reduction.
It'll put all programs at risk--and the security that once came with a government-run program disappears. Frauds and profiteers.
(it's not because they are rich, it's because they don't live IN our culture AND are somewhat stupid; it's not because they are rich, etc.)
So, yes.
https://bsky.app/profile/mcuban.bsky.social/post/3lax42ulwlc2k
Whether that can translate into government, remains to be seen.
A good bit of the Federal workforce is legally mandated produce certain reports and studies. Those laws would need to be changed first, assuming they plan on following the law.
The hard part is making sure people understand who is responsible. People have a hard time remembering who is accountable for their misery for some reason.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/argentinas-new-president-implements-shock-economic-measures-devalues-currency-and-cuts-subsidies
The govt spent about $271B on employee compensation in 2022 (excluding military). They spent $759B on govt contracts.
If there are fewer employees to run contracts, there are fewer contracts.
Cutting 75% of federal employees would absolutely gut govt capacity, and save about $200 billion per year.
For perspective: That is 10% of Musk's proposed savings. And a lot less than simply letting Trump's tax cuts expire.
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/some-basic-math-about-cutting-government
-an uninformed American.
We have about the same number of feds as we had in the 1960s. As a percentage of the population, they are at historical lows. (We actually need more employees, esp. younger employees, but good luck recruiting them).
Also, neoclassical economics has helped frame our public discourse in terms of “tax payer money”.
Our gov owns our dollar printing machine
It spends first
But cutting subsidies or Medicare and Medi-Cal budgets will make it cost more and have worse outcomes.
DOGE is thought of along same lines
ergo, your analogy is completely worthless.
The entire point is even if you get every agency to Raptor 3 status, you're still a trillion short.
Disney World employs more people than the National Park Service, Forest Service, and Bureau of Land Management - combined.
I work for a national park that's three times larger than Disney World. We have 30 permanent and 30 seasonal employees.
Throughout the process, I was repeatedly lied to by federal HR. Without hyperbole, I cannot rule out that their aggregate error rate was 50%—and…
The Musk plan would make the mission-focused parts of government more like that.
Popular Vote v White Vote, 1976-2020
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Guess what? More than 70% of *civilian, non-uniform* federal employees work in these areas. The distribution of employees closely reflects public preferences. https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/some-basic-math-about-cutting-government
https://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/aboutus/structure.asp
Apart from the shitstorm it has become comparing public services with building bad cars or running a website is possibly another caveat.
But maybe he can just rip out most of it and see what happens a few months later. 🤷🏼♂️
Never mind how damn near it is to fire a federal employee doe cause, much less all willy nilly.
Vivek only wants to cut 50%
Based on their SS number...