DOGE Findings

[Laodicean60]

'Savings' claims were off from the start

This true.

 

[DaisyDay]

What has DOGE done in Trump's first 100 days?​

'Savings' claims were off from the start​

There's little evidence to support the claim that DOGE is saving agencies significant money or changing the fact that the federal government spends more money than it collects — mainly on non-discretionary programs like Medicaid and Social Security. In fact, as of March 31, government spending is up 10% from the same period last year while revenue is only up 3%, leading to a 23% increase in the deficit, according to Treasury Department data.

Even after Musk's latest downward revision of DOGE's savings goal to $150 billion, that number is unlikely to be reached.

On its website, DOGE claims $160 billion has been saved through canceling contracts, firing workers and other measures. As NPR has reported, that tracker is plagued with inaccuracies, errors, omissions and overstatements.

As of late April, out of $160 billion in claimed savings, DOGE's "wall of receipts" has data to account to just $63 billion in purported claims.

The five contract cancellations with the most claimed savings, accounting for nearly $7.5 billion in the DOGE tracker, actually amount to just under $1 billion in potential savings. They include a contract that was never awarded, one that was already terminated and another that doesn't appear to be canceled at all, as DOGE continues to use misleading math.

I have a feeling that when all is said and done, this will have cost us a fortune, not just in lost functionality, but the analysis and repair just of the civil service section not to mention all the coming suits for cancelled contracts which will still need to be paid eventually.

 

[A2SG]

Who knew using a chainsaw to balance a budget would be so hard?

-- A2SG, and it seemed like such a good idea at the time....