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Florencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days ago

Doge overstated claims to have saved Americans $110bn, watchdog finds

www.bbc.com

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Doge overstated claims to have saved Americans $110bn, watchdog finds

www.bbc.com

Florencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days ago
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A review of the body formerly charged with reducing government spending has found several issues with its calculations.
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    Doge cost the US billions.

    • Malyca@lemmy.zip
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      They’re not ready for that conversation yet

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      The total cost will not be evident for years to come, if ever. This is generational damage that we may never recover from fully.

    • FenrirIII@lemmy.world
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      Billions of dollars and probably millions of lives across the world. It’s done incalculable damage to the country, our reputation, and our relationships.

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    I wonder just what percentage of Americans bought into any claims from the fake organization called “DOGE”. On a Venn diagram, it’s probably a circle laid on top of a circle representing the base of supporters that still support Donvict.

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      Literally had someone tell me that DOGE was a huge success and the only reason I don’t know about it is because the media isn’t reporting it.

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        I don’t suppose they provided any examples with evidence.

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          How could they? The media isn’t reporting the evidence

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            That just means that you have to your own research, only harder. :)

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    IWmTSUbajKSVAD8.webp

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    As in Vietnam in the 1960’s & 70’s, “saving” the country by destroying it

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    I swear I’ve learned so many different ways to say FUCKING LIED recently.

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    And even from those savings, one will have to subtract the costs for fixing or rebuilding essential services in the future.

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    Doge overstated claims to have saved Americans $110bn

    You think? And how much money did that asshole piece of guillotine fodder waste?

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    So the Nazi lied? No way!

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    Oh, cool. Saved billions for Americans?! Where’s my check…? /s

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      Well, the cost of saving 110 billion was around 1.2 trillion, most of which went to the pockets of billionaires, mega corporations and Trump. And to fix the issues it caused, the tax payer needs to pay another 500 billion. So everything makes sense, is fine, doesn’t need any more attention anymore. Same as the Epstein files. It’s just boring stuff really. It’s better to focus your anger at Binen, did you know he used autopen?

      This shit is so fucking dumb and corrupt, the movie Idiocracy feels like a utopian prediction of the future compared to this dystopian shit.

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    Cost. They meant cost not saved. Damn autocorrect…

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    Wow, what an awesome achievement by the man who has been lying about self-driving cars for years, plus Mars, plus whatever the hell else. It’s pretty cool. Oh, he was working for another very open liar? That’s like scoring a double on a bet or something. I’m sure we didn’t just save money, we probably made money.

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