DOGE $160 Billon Savings Has Cost $135 Billion

Monday, April 28, 2025

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, says it has saved $160 billion through its push to root out wasteful or fraudulent government spending. But that effort may also have come at a cost for taxpayers, with a new analysis from a nonpartisan research and advocacy group estimating that DOGE's actions will cost $135 billion this fiscal year.

Posted by Danforth at 06:31 PM | 6 COMMENTS | permalink

The $135 billion cost to taxpayers doesn't include the expense of defending multiple lawsuits challenging DOGE's actions, nor the impact of estimated lost tax collections due to staff cuts at the IRS.

(emphasis mine)

Comments

Sooooo...after all costs, a wash.

And by "wash", I mean a wash-away of American goodwill, American hegemony, American leadership, American pride....

#1 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-04-27 07:24 PM

... DOGE $160 Billon Savings Has Cost $135 Billion ... The $135 billion cost to taxpayers doesn't include the expense of defending multiple lawsuits challenging DOGE's actions, nor the impact of estimated lost tax collections due to staff cuts at the IRS. ...

Bingo.

Half a trillion vanished? IRS bombshell as agency warns DOGE may have cost U.S. a shocking $500 billion; here's the full detail (March 25, 2025)
economictimes.indiatimes.com

... Synopsis

The IRS estimates a $500 billion loss due to the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency's disruptions.

DOGE reduced IRS staff, including laying off 20,000 workers, impacting tax processing and fraud investigations.

This could strain government services or raise the national deficit, making it significant compared to US non-defense discretionary spending....

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-27 07:50 PM

The goal was never to save money.

The goal was to get our data.

The goal was to stop paying government employees good wages and benefits and to move those jobs to Elmos companies where he can profit from them.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-04-28 08:34 AM

"Money," Cabaret

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#4 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-04-28 07:12 PM

I'm just gonna say,

This is pretty typical of how Trump spends his money.

Trump will do something that ought to make money, sometimes. Not buy an airline, but maybe buy a Casino or start a University or a Vodka brand. Why isn't Trump Vodka on the shelves right now come to think of it?

Anyway, Trump will do something that a good businessman could pull off, but he will do it so badly that it ends up costing more money than it brings in, because of all the bone-headed mistakes he makes along the way.

I think the closest historical example I cant think of to Trump, and especially for those who follow him, is the Prophet Muhammad.

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-28 08:05 PM

MAGA won't understand this. For most of them, maths are hard.

#6 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-04-28 09:48 PM

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