Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk’s DOGE are expected to produce no savings @apnews.com apnews.com/article/doge... - ThreadSky

jamiegangel.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk’s DOGE are expected to produce no savings @apnews.com

https://apnews.com/article/doge-federal-contracts-canceled-musk-trump-cuts-a65976a725412934ad686389889db0df

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susiecc.bsky.social•2 days ago

And that doesn't even address the worthiness of the contracts.

expatriot.bsky.social•2 days ago

See, this is why they banned @apnews.com

jegath.bsky.social•2 days ago

👏👏👏

jjurek.bsky.social•2 days ago

Because it’s not about saving money or even reducing the size of govt. It’s about putting more money in his and other Trumpets pockets.

halfpint.bsky.social•2 days ago

No shit

iwantyoustudio.bsky.social•2 days ago

cbf.bsky.social•2 days ago

If it weren’t so obvious, DOGE, like its cryptocurrency namesake, is a fraudulent scam.

ann77450.bsky.social•2 days ago

Terminate musks money from the government

jbretd.bsky.social•3 hours ago

And others will increase cost or reduce collection and revenue.

frostyperp.bsky.social•2 days ago

Saving money, sure, but at the cost of consumer safety retirement plans, union rights forestry service, national security, farm aid , foreign aid, steel imports, foreign food imports, cofee,eggs, nationwide medical assistance and planes keep dropping out the fucking sky !

frostyperp.bsky.social•2 days ago

I didn't even mention the veterans . Thank god they rehired the nuclear safety people!

tracieferris.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's just weaken our country and that is the whole point! It was never about that!

nobsbarb.bsky.social•2 days ago

...and what "savings" the others create are already eaten up by DOGE salaries, expenditures and new Musk contracts...they're working at a huge deficit.

hobbesjosh.bsky.social•2 days ago

Its because DOGE is for show

pdrayer.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ok, let me be clear. This is nothing more than a DEFAULT on an obligation. TRUMP uses this as a legitimate business tool. As such, there is a risk of default on other U.S. obligations with terrible consequences. Watch this space.

blueismycolour.bsky.social•2 days ago

N reallocate to their buddies

crlebert.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤦‍♂️

daddybear72.bsky.social•2 days ago

So more MAGA porn fantasy hand jobs with no release? That tracks.

katiecannon.bsky.social•2 days ago

Our government creates our national currency by entering numbers on a computer keyboard to mark up private bank accounts

There’s no such thing as saving an infinite number of numbers

You don’t issue our national currency, so need dollars to pay your bank back & net save a 💵

talentedripley.bsky.social•2 days ago

The cost in damage will be priceless.

blameitonme.bsky.social•2 days ago

How do you figure that when their whole existence depends on taxpayer funding

pickininthewind.bsky.social•2 days ago

The only thing the apartheid asshole is "saving" is his many company's being investigated by the departments that he's trying to cancel.

Totally illegal but of course the Trumptards are happy until it comes to their job being hacked off at the neck.

billymusicguy.bsky.social•2 days ago

They're Hacker/Theives causing chaos for sport.

ostroff.bsky.social•2 days ago

Putting the US into clusterfuck.

twsmith25.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yet the chaos caused by these needless disruptive actions will have a hard $$$ cost.

hattrickhenry.bsky.social•2 days ago

How about 100 percent of it will do damage to our government. Do better and stop carrying water for traitors and criminals @jamiegangel.bsky.social

patsy531.bsky.social•2 days ago

No comments on paying over $145,000 to clean carpets????

ellenahzulu.bsky.social•2 days ago

....ILLEGALLY canceled by Musk's DOGE

kaporter.bsky.social•2 days ago

Of course. What a frigging waste of time and money

djsubterrain.bsky.social•2 days ago

That would be the government "efficiency" we've been hearing so much about

uhcloudy.bsky.social•2 days ago

no shit, they are coverups. so stop with the bullshit

bevymart.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is because many of the contracts "cancelled" by #elonmusk were actually already completed and paid for

ganana6.bsky.social•2 days ago

One was office space for Jimmy Carter that was terminated when he died in December. It was paid!

annefiliaci.bsky.social•2 days ago

"Savings" do not equal "waste, fraud or abuse. "

stephenseidel35.bsky.social•2 days ago

Organizations had legal contracts with the USG, and all DOGE did was what drumpf has done throughout his entire miserable and corrupt career - simply refuse to pay his bills to contractors who already delivered services to him and his companies

daninthebox.bsky.social•2 days ago

They will produce chaos, however.

9ericcarlson.bsky.social•2 days ago

Stop using that word "savings".
That is like saying that not paying for necessary healthcare cost is "saving" money.

andrewsnarks.bsky.social•2 days ago

Particularly since the "savings" is just money not spent for contractually established government requirements. It's not like they identified greater efficiencies or negotiated lower pricing. They just didn't buy shit the government previously said it would.

intj-robin.bsky.social•2 days ago

They're "saving" it for themselves.

katiecannon.bsky.social•2 days ago

Plus: Our government creates our currency out of the thin air

Money is an IOU

A unit of account like inches are a unit of measure

You can’t save inches

Our government can’t save its own IOUs

katiecannon.bsky.social•2 days ago

It just either prints a dollar

Or doesn’t print a dollar

davidicouldbewrong.bsky.social•2 days ago

Musk is not saving us money. In the long run he will cost us much more. https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/?m=1

cudamadnes65.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s crazy how they talk about waste, felon 47 takes multiple vacations at our expense and the other asshole is getting billions from the government

nvandenhouten.bsky.social•2 days ago

And when you count the time and money they’ve wasted…and lost productivity of government workers…let’s drop the E from DOGE.

hard-a-lee.bsky.social•2 days ago

After this, many GOP voters will likely say what they've said about the NYT for years--it's not reliable news.

bernipip.bsky.social•2 days ago

But not any of his contracts! Curious???🧐

texastwinkie.bsky.social•2 days ago

Whoda thunk @apnews.com standing up to F47 and King Ketamine would see them supplanting the once vaunted WaPo and NYT as the leader in hard hitting, researched journalism. Strange times we live in for sure. Welcome back, AP.

lindastewart-oaten.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is ANYONE surprised???

koubitz.bsky.social•2 days ago

AP News out here knifing Trump's administration from the shadows with this headline

caligreg.bsky.social•11 hours ago

DOGE Performance Review: FAIL

Elon’s crew evaluates you.
But we should evaluate, too.
So far Musk’s track record is bad.
Chaos, lies and failure. We mad!

swgeneralmills.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pompous white men pretending the can solve problems that don’t exist.

chitrabnc.bsky.social•2 days ago

It may not produce any savings, but on the other hand will it increase the general pain to the public/scientific community/research etc?
Then this pointless endeavor is creating real harm

ssnoel.bsky.social•2 days ago

How about what it’s going to cost the government to answer all the incoming lawsuits about the unlawful firings. Ain’t gonna be cheap.

greenfield949.bsky.social•2 days ago

World’s smartest super genius. Go back to where you came from you drugged out dummy.

ttice.bsky.social•2 days ago

hubertl75.bsky.social•2 days ago

Americans say they are embarrassed by their country's stance with Russia at the United Nations.

Embarrassed????? Are you fucking kidding all allies??????

It is a disaster and a pure betrayal of the Western alliance!

This act of total indecency should never be forgotten!

alyan-75.bsky.social•2 days ago

BECAUSE FELON MUSK PURGED EVERYONE WHO WAS INVESTIGATING HIM...... CLOWN IN DISGUISE

alyan-75.bsky.social•2 days ago

the only one to win on these purchases is Felonmusk, by doing away with ALL WHO WERE INVESTIGATING HIM.
#NOKINGS

n-l.bsky.social•2 days ago

Tagging...

#AgainstAllEnemiesForeignAndDomestic

#ForeignAndDomesticEnemiesOath 👀

#DesignateThemAsForeignAndDomesticEnemies

#ActionsNotWords

#NotAnOligarchy

#AskActiveDutyWhatSacrificeIs

fairlynormalmimi.bsky.social•2 days ago

Lives ruined for nothing.

cruiseshipdrummer.bsky.social•2 days ago

and savings HOW with the rest of it, what does that mean

remsenhal.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Maybe it’s time too review the contracts musk’s companies have with our government. Or is it no longer “our” government

galfrompa.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sad, just sad. We’re going the way of tRump Taj Mahal.

timbo6.bsky.social•2 days ago

He’s making a big effort
to get rid of the people
who are investigating
his companies. He’s
also trying to give power to people who can help
get his contracts. I bet
He’s pushing cash to
Trumpee under the table! Trumpee a felon
and corrupt!

dialabama.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just mean for meanness sake.

retailhutch.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's pretty alarming that Trump/Musk don't know what they're doing, but even more alarming when you realize this is what they mean to do.

artemisrisingdiana.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

livelarge15.bsky.social•2 days ago

Canceling a contract that has already been fulfilled is the same as not renewing your newspaper subscription. You don't save a penny; you're just not obligating future funds.

plumber4america.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/elon-musk-data-republican-anonymous-data-expert-doge-tech-1235280817/

bchanson.bsky.social•2 days ago

That should be a major headline, if not a billboard

1american10.bsky.social•2 days ago

Likely will cost more due to frees and guarantees locked into the contract.
Meaning the cancelled contract is just not being used aka waste.

bubalious.bsky.social•2 days ago

Savings ? Start with Trumps golf trips and drives around the racetrack and trips to the Super Bowl

intj-robin.bsky.social•2 days ago

Between that and EM contracts, and 8mil/day for his role, we could save billions

shaggy1.bsky.social•2 days ago

The cruelty is the point.

collane78.bsky.social•2 days ago

No surprise. Musk & doge are illegal. Period.

rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social•2 days ago

"The total savings (DOGE) claimed didn’t come anywhere near $55 billion, but never mind. Several news organizations, including Bloomberg, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have gone through that DOGE list, and found that it’s a steaming pile of, um, DOGEshit." - Paul Krugman

ganana6.bsky.social•2 days ago

👍🏻😁

tententsrecs.bsky.social•2 days ago

None of this has much to do with savings. It’s clearing out those who might fight their unlawful attempt to stay in power indefinitely. Then they’ll issue nominal checks to taxpayers as ‘proof’ of the savings from fraud and waste to win over the suckers and losers.

truth1124.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is no surprise to those of us with a brain but needs to be broadcasted over and over to those that have been brainwashed!

kevwiat.bsky.social•2 days ago

The real fraud.

bill-hicks.bsky.social•2 days ago

Send him to Mars now!

bill-hicks.bsky.social•2 days ago

Waist Fraud = Trump
Abuse = Musk

mypdt.bsky.social•1 day ago

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mypdt.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://bsky.app/profile/mypdt.bsky.social/post/3lj2qkkcdyk24

starbuckler.bsky.social•2 days ago

I’m shocked! That the number is that low.

lovecolousa.bsky.social•2 days ago

Tesla is losing market share, SpaceX is exploding rockets, XTwitter is losing participants! Suggest to Musk that he minds his own business[es] before he ruins our government! Better yet, let’s put Elon on his next scheduled space flight and let him go to Mars now. We already paid for it. 🚀🚀🚀🚀

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