To give a sense of how much money this is: according to CBO in 2023, non-defense discretionary spending was $917B. So the cost of running the entire federal govt, aside from SocSec, Medicare, Medicaid & defense was $917B. And in six weeks DOGE lit $500B on fire.
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So look at that. DOGE has cost the US Treasury fucking half a trillion dollars. HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS. This is your cost savings.
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On the first round of Tax Cuts for the Rich, in 2017, actual federal revenues plummeted compared to what the expected federal revenues were before those tax cuts
This, while Republicans claimed the tax cuts would/did pay for themselves
Who knew hate could unite a nation?
Wait till the Borrow And Spend Red Ink Republicans ram their 4.5 trillion tax cut through the Congress and the deficit explodes!
Its so much more efficient when billionaires like Musk don't get audited or investigated!
That's really the point here, in addition to getting paid to rebuild whatever he broke, isn't it?
How much damage is the U.S. facing from the damage Trump/Musk/Project 2025 is doing? How many years are we looking at, if at all, for recovery?
Loss of the hospital, those jobs and health services will kill many small towns.
Leopards.
almost like it was Hillary’s emails or something