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Federal outlays +8%. DOGE was a scam and you all fell for it.
by jeffbee 1y ago
Federal outlays +8%. DOGE was a scam and you all fell for it.
- esafak 1y agoMusk was vocally against the increased federal spending.
- SR2Z 1y agoAnd yet he did not meaningfully reduce government spending with DOGE at all. He did pilfer a copy of the SSA database, though.
- softwaredoug 1y agoAnd managed to neuter agencies regulating his companies
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- esafak 1y agoI don't think that was his intention, or that he feigned anger at the outcome.
- throw0101d 1y ago> DOGE was a scam and you all fell for it. Who is this "you" that you talk about? There were many folks talking about all the 'saving money' was just a veneer; a sampling: * http://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/05/musk-doge-spending-cuts/682736/ http://archive.is/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archi... * https://www.epi.org/blog/doge-is-not-worth-engaging-you-cant-cut-your-way-to-a-federal-government-that-does-more/ https://www.epi.org/blog/doge-is-not-worth-engaging-you-cant... * https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/doge-isn-t-about-money-it-s-about-malice-and-punishing-members-of-the-deep-state-french-233001541850 https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/doge-isn-t-about-money-... Even the libertarian Cato Institute: * https://www.cato.org/blog/six-ways-understand-doge-predict-its-future-behavior https://www.cato.org/blog/six-ways-understand-doge-predict-i... The hypothesis of an 'ideological purge' was fairly common.