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Rebranding an entire department under the US government cannot be cheap. That does not sound like something a frugal government does without a very good reason.
by mrweasel 1y ago
Rebranding an entire department under the US government cannot be cheap. That does not sound like something a frugal government does without a very good reason.
- altacc 1y agoThere's the best and most justifiable reason for doing anything: Dear Leader said so. /s
- simonw 1y agoI understand it's also something which takes an act of Congress, not that this administration seems to care about that at all. See also tariffs. And delaying the TikTok ban.
- FranzFerdiNaN 1y agoWhy would they? The Supreme Court has already decided that Trump is basically a king.
- fabian2k 1y agoWhy would you assume the current government is frugal in any way?
- kccoder 1y agoPretty sure OP is referring to the propaganda this admin spewed about DOGE's purpose being to save money. An admin that actually cared about saving money wouldn't waste money on a pointless rebrand.
- whatsupdog 1y agoThis action might save trillions of dollars when the future generations will see all this money going to war, instead of "defense". And you are worried about a few million it might take to rebrand?
- b112 1y agoI doubt it. People want to live with their heads in the sand. After all, "War and Peace" had a working title "War, what is it good for" before his mistress insisted he change it.
- DamnInteresting 1y ago> "War and Peace" had a working title "War, what is it good for" before his mistress insisted he change it. I suspect that you are being facetious, but for the benefit of anyone else reading, this is not true. It's a "factoid" (an invented fact mistaken as true)[1] spawned from a joke on the TV program Seinfeld[2]. This has been your daily wet blanket. [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factoid https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factoid [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqS1Ty79mOE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqS1Ty79mOE
- soupfordummies 1y agobooooooo!!
- DamnInteresting 1y agoOh no, a spooky ghost! (Unless, of course, you were saying "Boooourrrns")
- andrewstuart2 1y agoMaybe it's more obvious when named this way, but I don't think I've ever been under the impression that the DoD is focused on peaceful means of keeping the peace.
- lildoggy 1y agoYou're right. USAID was the Department that used peaceful means and encouragement for suffering countries in spite of lack of resources, adventurism, health and wealth inequalities and border disputes. It was a stick and carrot way of influencing participation in the spread of democracy, feeding the hungry and warding off disease that could spread to the rest of the world.
- senectus1 1y agohe actually cant rename it, it takes an act of congress to do that. he can start calling it by something else.... but its still the DOD.
- FranzFerdiNaN 1y agoIts almost like conservatives always lie about their goals!
- cylemons 1y agoWhy would rebranding be expensive? Isn't it just a new set of logos?
- mrweasel 1y agoSure, but those logos need to replace the old ones, everywhere. The new logo might cost a few millions to design, but that's the least of it. You'd need to replace the old logo and naming everywhere from signs, websites, letterheads, social media, software products and everything in between. Everything that currently says DoD now needs to say DoW. I don't know if they changed the colour scheme, but if they did, they'd might need to repaint a bunch of things as well. If you wait and just update the logo as things naturally ages out, then it's going to take decades.