"Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15% of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork." In other words: It turns out Musk's Nazi hackers are neither mathematicians, nor financial investigators. This DOGE scam has NEVER been about "efficiency!" - ThreadSky

kindofnerdy.bsky.social • 1 day ago

"Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15% of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork."

In other words: It turns out Musk's Nazi hackers are neither mathematicians, nor financial investigators. This DOGE scam has NEVER been about "efficiency!"

Reposted from VivianOfTheSierras

There are TWO columns in a balance sheet. Clearly Musk’sSAVINGS goal was hot air, his team cocky and bumbling, but what are his DOGE dogs COSTING us —in salaries, lawsuits, lost revenue opportunity costs, research gains, credibility and
damages impossible to fix?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...

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edhirschler.bsky.social•1 day ago

two forces propel the insidious doge attack on the Constitution

greed & cruelty

when the toddlers get bored, they will move on to other pursuits
pulling wings off flies comes to mind

consumerwatch.bsky.social•1 day ago

So true. Well said.

jasperacing.bsky.social•1 day ago

cherriebaby.bsky.social•1 day ago

It was also to get all the cases against Elon Musk and his companies cancelled. The investigation into Amazon founder I guess it’s cancelled also.. weren’t they both getting investigated for poor labour practise. Musk still owes 2000 people severance pay. But he’s never done anything harmful guys.

cherriebaby.bsky.social•1 day ago

So they all lied. And this is cost how much? And how many contracts that must get from doing all this? It’s insane for the damage that he’s done that he couldn’t really find huge fraud. It was an obvious scam from the beginning. It was to take control and get more government contracts.

robrains1984.bsky.social•1 day ago

The real goal of DOGE was to dismantle government services and confidence in well run programs like social security. Also self-enrichment. Seems like they’ve succeeded.

reverend-m1ck.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump's chaos agenda has the effect of grinding everything to a halt, leaving everyone standing around, looking at him, wondering what's next.

That's what he wants because it makes him feel powerful. He wants an environment where every last American needs his approval to go to the bathroom.

1rmctldy.bsky.social•1 day ago

But they were successful. They got what they wanted. Data. And want it or not we are connected fed to cell, birth to death. AI is fkn up everything. Stupid people. And this little doge fiasco didn’t come cheap. What idiots.

shellieh.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm not a rocket scientist (neither is he) but even I knew it was a scam

kindofnerdy.bsky.social•1 day ago

💥

patches01.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’m thinking it’s not going very far out on a limb to say that any possible savings that the felon and his crime bros can chalk up will be lost many times over when we try to repair the damage to things the country actually needs and wants.

mrssmells.bsky.social•1 day ago

More lies. More theft. We are watching

lilygoatdemon.vtubers.social•1 day ago

If anything, DOGE is going to cost the government tons of money when they realize WHY these things were there to begin with and have to scramble to reinstate things he gutted because he's messing in our systems and has no idea what he's doing

gumshoeless.bsky.social•1 day ago

Efficiency was simply cover for "data / information gathering" (on Americans and probably more specifically immigrants) as well as a "cut, slash, and burn" agenda to facilitate the transition to federal government privatization.

desertrat1933.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

mlkelly.bsky.social•1 day ago

The entire DOGE operation is data mining for private concerns of Musk and Thiel. Wake up, people!!!!

n-l.bsky.social•1 day ago

castanton.bsky.social•1 day ago

What are the additional costs that result when the staff that is left in an agency tries to reposition itself to do what the fired staff did -- with no transition period. Since Congress has not acted, the scope of what must be done hasn't changed.

merri24.bsky.social•1 day ago

Minus the $8 million a day he and his minions are costing us minus the lack of work and productivity when you lay people when you fire people and beg to bring them back and nothing’s getting done.

wnc55.bsky.social•16 hours ago

So what was the expense to the American People for DOGE??

debbie156.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s all about the theft, the theft, the theft🎶🎶🎶

vivianofthesierras.bsky.social•1 day ago

Musk’s minions, a dangerous criminal gang of techno thugs cosplaying at governing, have little experience at life outside their screens. Gaming is not real life. Maybe? they’re good on their consoles, but they lack the competence and long term thinking an earnest efficiency effort would require.

tcishere.bsky.social•1 day ago

The absolute softest kind of faccists. that’s in our favor.

sschreibstein.bsky.social•1 day ago

Considering you can’t efficiently find waste & fraud without actually looking for them, which takes time & effort, they can’t possibly do the job they are claiming to be doing. They are just disrupting everything they touch.

kindofnerdy.bsky.social•1 day ago

💯

iurii.net•1 day ago

DOGE gutted Department of Labor, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Department of Transportation, which were investigating numerous violations in Musks companies.

What a coincidence.

saerickson.bsky.social•1 day ago

To gain efficiency requires analyzing what ones processes are, how can you improve (or automate) them. There is no evidence that DOGE or Musk has done any of that (and known damage, some maybe reversed). Cutting staff without a solution to continue expected services is insane!

heikofennec.bsky.social•1 day ago

More like they will 'produce' up-to 15% while pocketing the rest.

ash-746.bsky.social•1 day ago

But he has our data and that, for him, will be lucrative. That was the plan all along. Go Information Age

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