They claimed 55 billion - the largest single source was 8 billion, which actually turned out to be 8 million.
And fully half of it is a humiliating error where they mistake the value of a contract by 1000x confusing 8 million with 8 BILLION
-- Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes.bsky.social) February 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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They're laying off people we need, they figure that out, but then can't rehire them because they don't/can't reach them.
"NEED"? idk plenty of companies are cutting people they seem to be getting by.
In 2023, the U.S. job market experienced a trend where nearly25% of all job gains were attributed to government positions, underscoring a significant reliance on public sector employment to sustain economic growth.
finance.yahoo.com
I don't believe for one second all NEEDED.
I'm not sure that's the word I'd use for most of these cuts.
#6 | Posted by Sycophant
I don't think they are even cuts, they are just executive branch changing policy.
But what doesn't make sense is that all the people complaining about losing their jobs. Either there were cuts or weren't.
I applaud the effort, as most of these things were know before.
I don't like the way Musk is doing this, DOGE Eo was that they were to make a report, they seem to be amateur and it will cost Musk in the end..
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