Well, the two main counter points are. 1. Doge isn't free. They have staff with expenses which haven't been accounted for in your argument. 2. Cancelation of

Well, the two main counter points are. 1. Doge isn't free. They have staff with expenses which haven't been accounted for in your argument. 2. Cancelation of forward facing contracts shouldn't affect the immediate numbers. But it's like laying off the entire company; you're going to record a record Q4 with all those sales but no expenses however come Q1 good luck for the company. Although people have posted links so you can read the article [1] which largely points out that spending is up by $220 billion. Which is about 2.2 trillion worse than Doge promised. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45530994 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45530994