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kebabM to newsEnglish · 4 days ago

DOGE Wasted Tens of Billions While Chainsawing the Government in the Name of 'Efficiency': Senate Report | Common Dreams

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DOGE Wasted Tens of Billions While Chainsawing the Government in the Name of 'Efficiency': Senate Report | Common Dreams

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kebabM to newsEnglish · 4 days ago
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Elon Musk's DOGE wasted more than $21 billion in just six months. Other studies have found that in the longterm it may cost the government more than it saved, while resulting in millions of deaths.
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    Yeah, obviously. It was always just a way for Elon to stop government agencies from going after his companies. It succeeded at that.

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      It was a giant data harvest.

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        Yeah, I keep forgetting it was that too.

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    Conservatives are liars who say everything in bad faith, what’s new

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    Was never about efficiency. Ever.

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