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Comment by thfuran

1 day ago

But fulfilling obligations isn't inefficiency or fraud, and that's what DOGE purported to be attempting to eliminate.

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ceejayoz  1 day ago

Musk promised savings of $1-2 trillion. (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdj38mekdkgo)

That's more than the entire discretionary budget. Cutting that much requires cutting entitlements, even if the government stopped doing literally everything else.

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