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Finally they actually cut something that should be cut.
by jpgvm 2y ago
Finally they actually cut something that should be cut.
- gregoriol 2y agoThe cut in the current context, and future consequences, are likely going to cut much more than the contracts though.
- jimmydoe 2y agoI'll believe it when they cut Palantir contracts
- EasyMark 2y agoThis right here tells you everything you need to know. Follow the money. Which companies pay the most in lobbying/trips and Venn diagram that with those who got cut and you won't find much overlap. I'm not sure why reporters aren't tapping into these stories that write themselves. Also Thiel is in tight with this administration
- rel2thr 2y agoA correlary to the Gelman effect, with govt spending , it all sounds important and reasonably priced unless the spending is in your circle of expertise
- ibejoeb 2y agoExactly. Gell-Mann Amnesia. The first thing that came to mind.
- mschuster91 2y agoWell... unless it's for temporary projects, government should just create the capacity in-house. Having to bring in consulting for everything because there is no know-how left is pointless.
- mikeyouse 2y agoIs there a reciprocal Gelman where ignorant outsiders assume things are unreasonable and wasteful but anyone with expertise knows better? (Examples come to mind of Sarah Palin ridiculing fruit fly genetics work or DOGE’s press conferences about children receiving social security when they were just receiving survivors benefits)
- giantrobot 2y agoAuthentic frontier ignorance?
- nitwit005 2y agoI don't see that in practice. The headlines have historically been pretty blunt on a lot of wasteful spending. They openly discuss obvious waste in congress: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/01/28/pentagon-tells-congress-to-stop-buying-equipment-it-doesnt-need.html https://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/01/28/pentagon-tell... https://reason.com/2025/01/12/materiel-loss/ https://reason.com/2025/01/12/materiel-loss/
- nxm 2y agoPlenty of USAID wasteful spending was already cut as well
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- aqme28 2y agoWhich USAID spending? I haven't seen anything that I would say is both wasteful and significant.
- stackedinserter 2y agoIt's hard to track, because it's all nice websites with generic messages like "we make life better" and pictures with obligatory diversity faces. E.g. $4.5 billion here chemonics.com. Or $3 billion here devalt.org. Where did these money go? How can we measure the ROI? USAID is a corrupt wasteful sinkhole, good riddance to it.
- miltonlost 2y agoUSAID looking for an ROI???? THat's NOT the purpose of aiding other countries. You don't need to look for a return on an investment. USAid was feeding children in places. You're looking for an ROI on saving human lives. Learn empathy.
- EasyMark 2y ago"randomly made cuts without any thought, precision, or weighing of pros and cons". The only cons here are the ones authorizing the cutting.