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What??? Trusk and Mumps and the MAGAts and Muskrats are lying to us? Who would have seen that coming? Darn that pesky, irresponsible national liberal media for posting truths.
Gangs have a well-known liberal bias.
Just wait until DOGE starts going after veterans.
^^ Facts not gangs.
What is truly hilarious is that DOGE is nothing more than an elaborate dog-and-pony show to distract the public while the Trump administration in collaboration with the Republican stooges in Congress tees up *another* multi-trillion dollar tax give-away to the tech oligarchs who now run our government.
Musk is pretending to find “savings” to justify the enormous tax cut he will be getting AND the multi-billion dollar government contracts with NASA, DOD, FAA, etc. he is pursuing.
Trump is simply the front man for the tech oligarchs–even Musk’s little boy knows the truth, which is why he told Trump to get out of the President’s chair in the Oval Office. We are now serving Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, and the rest of their billionaire gang while they systematically dismantle our governmental institutions and rob the public treasury.
It is time for Americans to wake-up and band together to topple the tech oligarchy. We need to run the entire gang straight out of DC and take back our country.
Interesting that whenever these guys are spouting numbers its always through the Fox News portal or that bastion of truth, justice, and the American way, Sean Hannity. These entities don’t challenge the numbers or ask pesky questions about the accuracy of data being handed out. As we know any media or offical who dares to challenge these numbers is instantly labeled a “liberal” and un American.
The new thing that I’ve been seeing is that MAGAs are claiming that Trump has a 64% approval rating and climbing. My guess is that Fox News or Newsmax probably came up with some BS spin and they’re gobbling it up.
All talk with absolutely no proof. Have to laugh that Trump and Musk will self police themselves, they would steal candy from a baby given the opportunity.
Oh man the unvetted guy taking an axe to Congressionally-approved budgets and “self-reporting” without verification on the website that he owns is lying?
Whaaaaat? No way!
(I hope the sarcasm comes through, I’m laying it on pretty thick)
MAGA’s elected a Sleazy Slimy, Slutty documented serial LIAR adulterer who is now licking PUTIN’s boots and spewing Russian propaganda talking points on Ukraine while his PAL MUSK disrupts the stability of our Federal Government.
No, MAGA didn’t elect Tulsi or ex-Gov Noem. But the SSS seem to fit…
or were you talking about Mrs Trump?
How much would be saved by axing SpaceX contracts with NASA? The bazillionaire is rich enough to self-fund his own Mars rockets.
He can sell astronaut seats to other billionaires.
In fact, he should get on the first flight.
* DOGE claim – “we’ve saved 55 billion dollars” (which is being aped by a Yale educated Yale professor billion dollar hedge fund manager who saw his fund shrink from 5 billion to 500 million and institutional investor base decline from 180 to 20)
* The “show your work” reality – 16.6 billion dollars documented
* DOGE math error – $8 million contract presented as $8 billion
So, now we’re down to 8.6 billion. But, misleadingly, of course – that’s not annual savings, as that is the total value of contracts and leases.
Assume half is current year obligations (generous, probably) and half is remaining term of contracts and remaining term of obligated contracts being negated is average 3 years after this year – 8.6/2=4.3B+(4.3/3) = 5.7B / 154M tax returns = $37 average per tax return this year. That’s not nothing, obviously – the cost of MAGA hat is about $40.
By contrast, the annual cost of social security is 1.5T or $9,740 per tax return. The average rent in Dayton Ohio is about $985 a month, so equivalent of almost an entire year’s worth of occupancy expense, but, sure, go ham over that hat you lost. Now, granted, the work has not ended. But given this start, how credible should we see the future self reporting of this self-interested, conflicted, inexperienced team of 20-something Muskrats with no oversight?
And here’s the thing that always happens, opportunity cost or downside risk is glossed over. That $40 savings isn’t just fat and waste – it isn’t all just money foolishly going down the drain – there is value associated with it that we forfeit. Americans’ risk/opportunity cost is increased in this new regime by a death of a thousand cuts – public health, transportation safety, workplace safety, climate, law enforcement, fire protection, food safety, drug development, advancement of the sciences, national security, veterans support, mental health, education support, etc. Pretending otherwise is just willful ignorance.
And if anyone thinks that a significant portion of this “savings” won’t be hoovered up going forward by the self-dealing and cronyism of what will be the most corrupt administration in our history, I’ve got a bridge (or maybe a TrumpCoin) to sell you. As always with this kleptokakistocracy, watch the hands, not the cards. DOGE isn’t about efficiency or the deficit or delivering the will of the people over the bureaucracy – those are all fig leaves.
Comment from above – “Musk is pretending to find “savings” to justify the enormous tax cut he will be getting AND the multi-billion dollar government contracts with NASA, DOD, FAA, etc. he is pursuing.” – Facts. This hurts everyone but the 1%.