As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion

Saturday, February 22, 2025

While Elon Musk and his underlings demand budget cuts and layoffs across the federal government, funding for their agency -- the Department of Government Efficiency -- has soared to nearly $40 million, ProPublica found in a review of Office of Management and Budget records.

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Incredible public service. @propublica.org has catalogued the DOGE crew and their links to Elon. projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do ...

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-- Lizzie O'Leary (@lizzieohreally.bsky.social) February 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM

Comments

All this "cost cutting" is expensive!

#1 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-02-23 11:59 AM

"All this "cost cutting" is expensive!"

And notably, the Musketeers have left out the upcoming spike in unemployment in their calculations.

Republican Math redux.

#2 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-02-23 12:06 PM

And notably, the Musketeers have left out the upcoming spike in unemployment in their calculations.

Exactly.

None of Elmo's so called "savings" ever include the costs associated with the cuts and resulting from the cuts. The costs to Americans.

If it costs us a dollar later to save a dime today you've obviously done worse than doing nothing at all.

#3 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-02-23 12:15 PM

I don't think you get it.

The "cuts" mean nothing. It's all about a dollar amount on paper, not any actual savings, efficiency increases or sussing out fraud/waste/abuse.

Any "cuts" made are just getting rid of social programs and other spending these dogmatic idiots find distasteful. But it will be filled with increased funding to pet projects, new funding to fulfill promises to donors or tax cuts.

But make no mistake, the deficit needle will do anything but drop. It will probably increase.

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2025-02-24 12:42 AM

Oh my god the outrage, but not a peep from the left about the 20 billion payoff to donors with 2 billion going to a Stacey Abrams and Preacher Warnock. And of course the funding isn't traceable. Shocker

#5 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-02-24 12:36 PM

And for morons like JPW who say that's BS here is a Snopes link saying yes the payouts were made. www.snopes.com

#6 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-02-24 12:38 PM

It's a grant. You didn't even read your own link, as it said it was half true and half to be determined.

#7 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-02-24 12:41 PM

#7 No, it is half true because they said Doge didn't discover it, Snopes actually said it was public information (if you knew where to look) And on top of it the organization getting the so called grant listed themselves as a non profit which means they can't be at all political.

#8 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-02-24 12:59 PM

FishPawn shown up to defend the gutting of America and the grifting by Musky Trump.

I'm not too sure why Trump supporters hate America.

Seems like it's mostly due to Americans getting too much freedom annd having to treat people and equals. We all know how much conservatives hate freedom and equality.

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-02-24 01:08 PM

FishPawn shown up to defend the gutting of America and the grifting by Musky Trump.

Gotta love how these idiots suddenly became experts in government finances and grants.

Fishpoo,

just because you are on government assistance that does not suddenly make you an expert in government finances.

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-02-24 01:15 PM

-------- proves yet again what a ------- retarded idiot she is.

#11 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-02-24 02:06 PM

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