Wednesday, April 02, 2025

The Real Cost of DOGE

Mike Masnick: The program that promised efficiency through targeted destruction is instead delivering chaotic and costly destruction through incompetence.

Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 05:30 PM | 2 COMMENTS | permalink

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Wrote a bit about how DOGE is running around saying it's "saving" taxpayers all kinds of money through made up numbers and lies ... when the reality is that it's likely to cost taxpayers a ton. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/31/t ...

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-- Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social) March 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM

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As many here have noted, and others ignored, this was always going to cost more than it saved.

And that's just money; the cruelty was the point.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-04-02 05:46 PM

It took 4 hours at my red state DMV to get a Real ID (don't like to carry a passport domestically). The reason: not enough employees.

It was a glimpse of what's to come when people seek federal government services in person or on the phone.

#2 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-04-03 02:34 AM

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