The coolest part of DOGE is that while they crippled medical research and cost-effective foreign aid programs, they also didn’t save any money.
Smart well intentioned people were excited about this project and it would be good to figure out why it failed and try to reverse the damaging parts that don't save money.
https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/1950519105603117062
@wildgrass saidTrump's wrecking crew. Destroying government infrastructure so that none could tally how much was going to be fleeced from public coffers. And lets face it, the very rich also have money flow problems, you know, its not just the poor that get into debt. And Trump lives by that motto you know of a friend in need.....
The coolest part of DOGE is that while they crippled medical research and cost-effective foreign aid programs, they also didn’t save any money.
Smart well intentioned people were excited about this project and it would be good to figure out why it failed and try to reverse the damaging parts that don't save money.
https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/1950519105603117062
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@kmax87 saidPersonally I would have liked to see cost savings. But this was a failure at every single level unless you just hate cancer research and preventing diseases.
Trump's wrecking crew. Destroying government infrastructure so that none could tally how much was going to be fleeced from public coffers. And lets face it, the very rich also have money flow problems, you know, its not just the poor that get into debt. And Trump lives by that motto you know of a friend in need.....
At the micro level, they misread and misled about many of the 'savings' probably due to inexperience. They'd announce '500m saved!' and it would be some contract where the money was 98% already spent.
At the macro level, they didn't impact spending or even made things worse. 2023 vs 2024 was virtually the same, but the government is spending more in 2025 than 2024.
At the institutional level, they didn't even convince the GOP that deficits are a problem worth caring about. The GOP just passed a bill that explodes the deficit by trillions of dollars.
An abject disaster all around.
@wildgrass saidBecause DOGE is the sharp end of Project 2025.
Remember all the fraud DOGE found. Zero arrests or prosecutions. Not a single criminal inquiry?
Why?
From the Wikipedia article on Project 2025, the following:-
Project 2025 (also known as the 2025 Presidential Transition Project) is a political initiative to reshape the federal government of the United States and consolidate executive power in favor of right-wing policies.
and
The project calls for the replacement of merit-based federal civil service workers by people loyal to Trump and to take partisan control of key government agencies, including the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Commerce (DOC), and Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Who took the trouble to actually read the Project 2025 document. But they are focused on reaching their goals and are well on their way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025
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@kmax87 saidExactly.
Because DOGE is the sharp end of Project 2025.
From the Wikipedia article on Project 2025, the following:-
Project 2025 (also known as the 2025 Presidential Transition Project) is a political initiative to reshape the federal government of the United States and consolidate executive power in favor of right-wing policies.
...[text shortened]... sed on reaching their goals and are well on their way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025
How did they get Trump to go along?
Because they know he's a lazy bastard who can barely string two sentences together so they make sense. They knew he'd love to have an easy blueprint to follow so being president would be as easy as clapping his tiny hands together.
@wildgrass saidThey should be tried and executed for treason. They've crippled this country. We're headed down the same blind alley the Roman Empire bit the dust in.
The coolest part of DOGE is that while they crippled medical research and cost-effective foreign aid programs, they also didn’t save any money.
Smart well intentioned people were excited about this project and it would be good to figure out why it failed and try to reverse the damaging parts that don't save money.
https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/1950519105603117062
@kmax87 saidI remember all the MAGA on here were saying trump didn't know what Project 2025 was.
Because DOGE is the sharp end of Project 2025.
From the Wikipedia article on Project 2025, the following:-
Project 2025 (also known as the 2025 Presidential Transition Project) is a political initiative to reshape the federal government of the United States and consolidate executive power in favor of right-wing policies.
...[text shortened]... sed on reaching their goals and are well on their way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025
As soon as he took office he hired the guy who wrote Project 2025 to run the budget office and then he started checking things off that list.
@wildgrass saidGibbon blamed Christianity
At least the Romans could blame lead poisoning for their downfall.