How in the world did the government spending get so far off the tracks? In less than a month Elon will and his 20 year olds will pry 1 trillion dollars out of the politicians cold dead hands. will

[1032004]

  On 3/5/2025 at 1:15 AM, Caveira said:

So this was all in the “before times”

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Not quite 

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  On 3/5/2025 at 1:42 AM, 1032004 said:

Not quite 

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I’m not reading that far back.  Explain sir 

[1032004]

  On 3/5/2025 at 1:44 AM, Caveira said:

I’m not reading that far back.  Explain sir 

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NPR reported that the document was dated to have changed to $400 million in December, but did not appear in the Internet archive for that month.  

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/nx-s1-5305269/tesla-state-department-elon-musk-trump

Technically, the x post I shared earlier is incorrect as the contract has not been cancelled, they just changed the name so they don’t give away who’s going to win the contract.  I just thought it was funny that that would be the largest savings from DOGE.

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  On 3/5/2025 at 1:13 AM, red viking said:

Ss is insolvent long term. Paying out way more than being collected. Why not fix that? 

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welcome to the republican party 

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and this is from the "INflAtiON rEducTIon Act"

 

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hmmm

 

[1032004]

  On 3/5/2025 at 7:21 PM, Scouts Honor said:

 

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How much money do we save by cancelling an unused credit card?  $100 maybe?

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  On 3/6/2025 at 3:01 AM, 1032004 said:

How much money do we save by cancelling an unused credit card?  $100 maybe?

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well sounds like another 1.4 billion

100 x 146,000

never heard of a calculator? 

[1032004]

  On 3/6/2025 at 1:03 PM, Scouts Honor said:

well sounds like another 1.4 billion

100 x 146,000

never heard of a calculator? 

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Apparently you haven’t.  100 x 146000 is 14.6 million, not 1.4 billion.

$100 was probably being generous.  It could be $0

Edited March 6 by 1032004

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yeah typo

https://abcnews4.com/news/nation-world/doge-says-it-shut-down-146000-unneeded-federal-government-credit-cards

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https://www.newsweek.com/doge-shuts-down-146000-government-credit-cards-two-weeks-2040225

[1032004]

And who decides if any cards are “unneeded”?  They also apparently paused the use of nearly all cards, which I’m sure caused a major disruption to job efficiency

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job efficiency... lol

that's the point.

[fishbane]

  On 3/6/2025 at 1:36 PM, Scouts Honor said:

job efficiency... lol

that's the point.

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Isn't it?  It's been a month since you started this thread and the DOGE website is only reporting $105 billion in savings.  So if that is to be believed you were only off by a factor of about 10.

[jross]

March 6, 2025

• Timeline: 18 months (Jan 20, 2025 - Jul 4, 2026)
• Goal: Identify $1 trillion in waste
• Status: On Track but at risk, aggressive start and scaling needed
• Claimed Savings: $105 billion (10.5% of goal)
• Pace Needed: $1.8B/day
• Current Pace: $2.5B/day
• Challenges: Lawsuits, congressional resistance, mandatory spending reliance

[jross]

If DOGE found zero additional savings, was it worth it?

100% Yes!

We were funding studies where mice are given cross-sex hormones?  WTF!

[1032004]

  On 3/6/2025 at 1:36 PM, Scouts Honor said:

job efficiency... lol

that's the point.

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So no one that had a government credit card needed one?

[1032004]

  On 3/6/2025 at 2:17 PM, jross said:

If DOGE found zero additional savings, was it worth it?

100% Yes!

 

We were funding studies where mice are given cross-sex hormones?  WTF!

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Agree with cutting stuff like that, but I don’t think your question is so cut and dry.  IMO you’d also need to take into consideration whether things got cut that shouldn’t have been or ended up having a bigger negative impact.

One possible example: https://apnews.com/article/veterans-affairs-cuts-doge-musk-trump-f587a6bc3db6a460e9c357592e165712

[fishbane]

  On 3/6/2025 at 2:14 PM, jross said:

March 6, 2025

• Timeline: 18 months (Jan 20, 2025 - Jul 4, 2026)
• Goal: Identify $1 trillion in waste
• Status: On Track but at risk, aggressive start and scaling needed
• Claimed Savings: $105 billion (10.5% of goal)
• Pace Needed: $1.8B/day
• Current Pace: $2.5B/day
• Challenges: Lawsuits, congressional resistance, mandatory spending reliance

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Not the post topic.  That said $1 trillion in 1 month.  If we are going to go by Elon Musk stated goals instead wasn't that "at least $2 trillion"?

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  On 3/6/2025 at 2:04 PM, fishbane said:

Isn't it?  It's been a month since you started this thread and the DOGE website is only reporting $105 billion in savings.  So if that is to be believed you were only off by a factor of about 10.

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1. i didn't start the thread

2. $105 billion per month... i wish i could make that much

 

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  On 3/6/2025 at 2:39 PM, 1032004 said:

So no one that had a government credit card needed one?

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why do you trust govt? 

[red viking]

DOGE is repeatedly lying about the money they are saving. THATS FRAUD!!

[jross]

  On 3/6/2025 at 3:03 PM, fishbane said:

Not the post topic.  That said $1 trillion in 1 month.  If we are going to go by Elon Musk stated goals instead wasn't that "at least $2 trillion"?

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Yes you are correct.  I apologize.  I'm obviously a super fan of the DOGE efforts and the topic title didn't mention 1 month.  The OP does list 1 month.  

[uncle bernard]