I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc
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DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that
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It is healthier than pain meds in theory so long as you never eat again 😐
It's too god. Warms the mind, empties the soul.
"That hollow place where martyrs weep, and angels play with sin."
As they say down below:
"We're the usual sinners, with the usual sins,
We know there are no winners, when it's satan that spins."
"I am so pleased my kid died in the 2026 measles epidemic rather then be gunned down with an AR-15 at school"
By cutting billions, you're taking business away from American farmers.
Factor in lost tax revenue from lower economic output and it’s far less than that too.
Only mentioning that because I want to make sure people treat the mistake with the gravity it deserves.
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#DOGE is what kids in the biz call a 'loss leader'.
TO STEP UP AND RID THE COUNTRY OF
MUSK AND TRUMP
3 levels of corruption:
- cut services to shift as many $ to tax cuts as poss
- eliminate agencies that regulate them & cronies
- after wrecking essential services, choose to replace some (like FAA) by handing contracts to cronies - favors, profit, power
Our government gets a 💵 into the private sector by paying for something
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgHHRVH0NFo
They had read $8 million as $8 billion. But sure, we have confidence in their accuracy...
Btw, are those 16 billions calculated with the 8 million that by "error" were presented as 8 billion?
While we are at it, how much has this team cost the US taxpayer so far?
https://x.com/electricfutures/status/1891898336208105676
1. Deport Freon
2. Freeze his assets
3. Seize his assets
Can we raise the debt ceiling by 4 Trillion? And can we give top tax cuts for 4.5 Trillion?
I assume some Americans like shiny objects.
(I'm not necessarily talking about the numbers, by the way)
That's the endgame.
Republicans have tried for decades to end Healthcare and Public Education.
It's coming to completion.
EO’s are unconstitutional toilet paper.
Birth Right Citizenship for example, fuck this guy..
At that rate, the budget will be balanced in only 133 years! And that doesn't get into paying off any accrued debt.
The class action law suits for discrimination alone will cost billions. I mean, firing people for being "DEI" hires is literally illegal under the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972.
Promised wages for terminated staff
You don't save by cutting government spending, you're taking money away from one thing (usually social services) and redirecting it towards something else (almost always tax cuts for the rich)
That's $16b stolen.
BUT, that view is much more the popular one, unfortunately.
Programs employ people. Workers spend money. All these activities generate downstream economic benefit. This is shortsighted, arrogant ignorance.
I don't understand how he is the richest man in the world when his strategies are so stupid.
He doesn’t care about workplace safety or pollution or safe food or safe air travel.
He wants to become the first trillionaire with himself as the Emperor.
His @bigballs team doesn’t even understand the code
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/16/elon-musk-doge-government-privatization
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-spacex-contracts-doge-b2697271.html
https://time.com/7221880/state-department-2025-procurement-forecast-tesla-armored-electric-vehicles-musk/
They're deleting, destroying and removing our property and telling us they are saving money while we know if we ever get our country back billions of dollars in work we already did will be lost.
Ending contracts to farmers isn't savings,,, its a death sentence