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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew report documents how Musk's DOGE SH*T scam amounted to nothing more than "false advertising."
According to the Times, DOGEs 13 largest claims about cuts were all incorrect, and many were totally false:
At the top were two Defense Department contracts, one for information technology, one for aircraft maintenance. Mr. Musks group listed them as terminations, and said their demise had saved taxpayers $7.9 billion. That was not true. The contracts are still alive and well, and those savings were an accounting mirage.
Of the 40 biggest claims on DOGEs list, The Times found only 12 that appeared accurate reflecting real reductions in what the government had committed to spend.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/doge-cuts-report-musk-trump
The Blue Flower
(6,310 posts)D'uh NYT.
markodochartaigh
(4,909 posts)and the lying liars who tell them."
Miles Archer
(21,517 posts)What did it was realizing I didn't know who Karl Rove was until I read the book. Never heard of him, realized I had to become much more aware, so thank you once again, Al Franken.
Johonny
(25,299 posts)Doge would cost more than it saved.
Trump spent the US into 2.3 trillion in debt with little to nothing gains.
Submariner
(13,235 posts)a great opportunity for some adventuresome young hackers to plant numerous backdoor accesses to the U.S. government main frame computer system for later exploitation.
Someday.....when billions are found missing from the national treasury, the stories of unseen theft of untraceable taxpayer dollars will make a great Netflix series starring First Lady Erica Kirk-Vance and her secret lover Stevie Miller.
Buns_of_Fire
(18,982 posts)Other than switching Secretary Shitfaced's weekly order for cases of Cutty Sark to cases of Ripple, limiting Ca$h Patel's weekly flights to see his main squeeze to three, and eliminating "extra gravy" from White House takeout KFC orders, how much did they expect Big Balls & Co. to do?
travelingthrulife
(4,332 posts)illegal activities. It will take years to figure out how much these DOGE fools cost us.
Hotler
(13,719 posts)indicted for ID theft and violation of HIPAA of millions of Americans.