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Musk/DOGE started out by claiming they could save $2 trillion of the federal budget. They quickly backpedaled to $1 trillion and kept downscaling it, until now
by spwa4 1y ago
Musk/DOGE started out by claiming they could save $2 trillion of the federal budget. They quickly backpedaled to $1 trillion and kept downscaling it, until now they're claiming less than $160 billion. Independent reports claim it is closer to MINUS $200 to $300 billion (as in Musk/DOGE increased federal spending rather than save anything at all).
I would call this a pretty fucking big inconsistency. If you backpedal on your promises 100% I would call that inconsistent. Musk/DOGE backpedaled on their promise 92%, and according to independent observers 115%.
Whichever of those 2 figures is true, I would call it pretty damn fucking inconsistent ...