The program costs $32 million in annual federal outlays to administer but has saved consumers $200 billion in utility bills since 1992, writes William K. Reilly. "Results like that ought to make a DOGE bro swoon. Why, then, does the Trump administration want to kill the program?" wapo.st/457ID8E - ThreadSky

postopinions.bsky.social • 15 days ago

The program costs $32 million in annual federal outlays to administer but has saved consumers $200 billion in utility bills since 1992, writes William K. Reilly.

"Results like that ought to make a DOGE bro swoon. Why, then, does the Trump administration want to kill the program?" https://wapo.st/457ID8E

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minerva1.bsky.social•15 days ago

You’re pretending DOGE is about efficiency, when the evidence to the contrary is overwhelming.

Stop lying to people.

gxb.bsky.social•15 days ago

Because sending the $200b to oligarchs pockets is what they want including your owner.

slowpitchbitch.bsky.social•15 days ago

You fucking know why, stop pretending these people mean what they say to you, you stretched plastic bags full of sweaty gym socks

oldbaby.bsky.social•15 days ago

that's $200 billion in unsold electricity, duh

rsavir.bsky.social•15 days ago

Because that is money out of the pockets of big corporations. This administration does not mind the corporations gouging consumers.

komisarnym.bsky.social•15 days ago

Why would DOGE care about consumer savings? They need their big savings in government expenses to justify tax cuts for the rich. That's it.

russ41.bsky.social•15 days ago

"This hand-worked leather should make a wallet inspector swoon. He just turned it inside out and dumped the contents into his bag instead."

I'm coming to think that headline writers are the worst people in media.

danielhilson0.bsky.social•15 days ago

the wallet inspector ought to be inspecting wallets. why then is he instead stealing their contents?

andyfknight.bsky.social•15 days ago

It costs $32M, but has averaged over $6B a year in savings. Just another way to transfer wealth from the 99.9% to the top 0.1%.

So, with a US population of 350M, it costs $0.09, while saving every American $17.14 annually.

mnthndr.bsky.social•15 days ago

I'll tell you why. When consumers use less energy they burn fewer fossil fuels. That fact does not fit the Felon's plan to destroy the planet.

jimhoover017.bsky.social•15 days ago

Half of republicans want to seize power and the other half want to offload any governmental responsibility, so it’s a win-win for all of them. That’s why.

robsterlobster1.bsky.social•15 days ago

Maybe because saving consumers 200billion meant 200bn less for the energy oligarchs

psha.bsky.social•15 days ago

The key words are Feds “saved consumers” which in profiteering means Feds caused “lost of corporate revenue”.

johnnyboyapril.bsky.social•15 days ago

That’s $200 billion the energy companies want.

djwyszynski.bsky.social•15 days ago

How about you go fuck yourself with the “cool fascism” reporting?

betterkevin.bsky.social•15 days ago

Alternate title:

DOGE isn't about efficiency: it's about screwing over the population so big business can make an extra buck.

truscottj.bsky.social•15 days ago

If your goal is to slash the federal government to a point where “it can be drown in a bathtub,” then you’d best eliminate those things that actually work.