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It might be a small percentage of the pentagon’s budget. But it’s still $5.1bn of taxpayer money being reigned in here. It’s $13 per person in the country. You
by josephg 2y ago
It might be a small percentage of the pentagon’s budget. But it’s still $5.1bn of taxpayer money being reigned in here. It’s $13 per person in the country. You could do an awful lot of good with that kind of money - from space programs to science funding.
- cma 2y agoThe article doesn't say the length of the contract or really anything about what it was for.
- pjc50 2y ago> from space programs to science funding. ... which have also been randomly cut.
- dagw 2y agoBut it’s still $5.1bn of taxpayer money being reigned in here That's assuming that all those consultants were not providing any value and that they don't need to be replaced by hiring more staff.
- shusson 2y agoWhat if they are providing negative value?
- jghn 2y ago> You could do an awful lot of good with that kind of money Or given to billionaires
- 3D30497420 2y agoExactly. Most of these "savings" will be fed into significant tax cuts that are almost certainly going to benefit the rich more than anyone else.
- r00fus 2y agoDOGE is involved - do you think anything is going back to useful programs? More likely they'll just buy more SpaceX and Tesla.
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- pavel_lishin 2y ago> You could do an awful lot of good with that kind of money - from space programs to science funding. We sure could. Will we?