Here's the DOGE mistake, beautifully visualized: If you don't go where the money is, you don't save much money.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/04/upshot/doge-musk-contracts-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1k4.Xe_9._7vwlLt3fbc5&smid=nytcore-android-share
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/04/upshot/doge-musk-contracts-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1k4.Xe_9._7vwlLt3fbc5&smid=nytcore-android-share
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“maskirovka” tactic— distract opponent, disguise what you’re doing, spread disinformation to sow confusion and delay a response.
Our social infrastructure, the foundation of our culture, is under attack and very few in the democratic leadership is aware of this.
Not for savings
Not for efficiency
They are for the sake of destroying anything that actually progresses the interests of a modern democracy
This is for fascist end goals, nothing else
The sooner we face this reality the better.
They are committing treason.
Doge is not a real agency and Musk has zero legal/constitutional authority to do any of this…but the Trump Regime, Heritage Foundation and agents are attacking our Republic.
Dunno if they’re saying “Oops.”
Instead of accepting Republican framing, try journalism.
It’s about creating chaos, personal enrichment and absolute power.
Stop framing it as if they’re acting in good faith! THEY AREN’T
These are BAD FAITH ACTORS
Let's be clear: they are not actually trying to save money.
Saying that it's about saving money and making the government more efficient is the lie they are telling their supporters. They actually want to gut government support for anyone who is not a rich white man.
Or similar. Please do better. You are clearly drawing the wrong conclusion.
This isn't their 'mistake' it's their goal.
They're low-hanging fruit.
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I always ALWAYS do a diagnostic first, prioritizing areas to cut from and invariably the predictors are:
1. How much total spend is there?
(Huge gap in predictiveness)
2. How compressible is it without breaking critical things?
They’re not taking into account the costs of what they’re cutting (and wouldn’t be qualified to estimate those costs even if they cared).
Not sure the small quantity of spending cut would accurately be called a “mistake”.