Department of Government Efficiency - DOGE

[Orangeslice13]

Yes. If audits are going to be done, let's conduct them in every branch and agency.

The whataboutisms are for the dumbed downed bunch. I know your stance on Trump. You have a right to your opinion, but at least pretend to have a little interest in nuance

IRS is up next.
It looks like the entirety of the federal government is up for audit. Let’s save the crying till there’s a reason too.

I’m sure there will be one given the history

 

[Majors]

It's by definition not his job. There's a seperate group for that

Weird, so we pick and choose now. What is his job and what is not his job based on how involved he is in his own business. DOGE need receipts, community notes on X, yeah that’s not the same.

 

[whodeycin85]

Here's the problem with American politics today.

40% are going to believe Musk no matter what he says. Musk could say 2+2=5 and they would agree with him.

40% are going to believe he is lying no matter what he says. Musk could say 2+2=4 and they will think he's lying.

The other 20% will pull out their phone calculator and realize 2+2 does not equal 5. Those will be the people that give the Ds the House in 2026 and we get back to business as usualy, which aint good...

That's is the problem.... Relying on the dumbing down of Americans.. 20% will get to the truth and 80% are lazy...

 

[Orangeslice13]

so can we all agree dishonest people are investigating dishonest people now?

Yup.

 

[whodeycin85]

"He wasn't lying, he was just mischaracterizing" yeah ok

Now your getting it... You can't dispute who the payment was made to and from and the program it paid for.... You can disturb the details of the program, but the fact are what they are.

 

[NashVol11]

That's is the problem.... Relying on the dumbing down of Americans.. 20% will get to the truth and 80% are lazy...

Many of the lazy ones who believe everything he says are right here in this thread, and yet you're arguing with the 20% who noticed he's lying

 

[LSU-SIU]

IRS is up next.
It looks like the entirety of the federal government is up for audit. Let’s save the crying till there’s a reason too.

I’m sure there will be one given the history

Just get rid of the whole IRS.

 

[NashVol11]

Now your getting it... You can't dispute who the payment was made to and from and the program it paid for.... You can disturb the details of the program, but the fact are what they are.

I can, and I've said it already: describing it as "for social deception" is a flat-out lie. It's obvious to everyone but you, so it's not worth arguing with the one desperate holdout

 

[hog88]

so can we all agree dishonest people are investigating dishonest people now?

Now? That's always been the case.

 

[LSU-SIU]

Elon was absolutely wrong in how he was trying to characterize this one. He literally said Reuters was being paid to provide widespread social deception. That characterization is easily rebuffed if you look at publicly available detail on this transaction for 2 mins...

I agree that it was probably was frivilous/wasteful spend but once again if this was frivilous spend by Trump admin, why do we need to bump defense up by 100B when they clearly don't know what they are spending already....

He is not wrong on either case and yes I looked at the data... whether he completely put the whole name is immaterial.

Not only does it look like waste, my guess is it was being used against taxpayers. Whether it was on Trump's watch is immaterial, get rid of it.

 

[utvolpj]

Weird, so we pick and choose now. What is his job and what is not his job based on how involved he is in his own business. DOGE need receipts, community notes on X, yeah that’s not the same.

Pick and choose what? There's a separate group that deals with community notes and yes doge needs receipts when dealing with our money within the govt

 

[hog88]

Here's the problem with American politics today.

40% are going to believe Musk no matter what he says. Musk could say 2+2=5 and they would agree with him.

40% are going to believe he is lying no matter what he says. Musk could say 2+2=4 and they will think he's lying. They might come up with some BS that a 2 identifies as a 3.

The other 20% will pull out their phone calculator and realize 2+2 does not equal 5. Those will be the people that give the Ds the House in 2026 and we get back to business as usual, which aint good...

Those 20% are just as dumb as the other 80.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Those 20% are just as dumb as the other 80.

Yeah, probably so....

 

[LSU-SIU]

I can, and I've said it already: describing it as "for social deception" is a flat-out lie. It's obvious to everyone but you, so it's not worth arguing with the one desperate holdout

Its not. Just like when the Eastern Europe gets all the names associated with the funding there and they hang their own traitors. Nobody is fooled on any of this.

You're arguing all kinds of nonsense. You scream at clouds but that just means they are over the target.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

He is not wrong on either case and yes I looked at the data... whether he completely put the whole name is immaterial.

Not only does it look like waste, my guess is it was being used against taxpayers. Whether it was on Trump's watch is immaterial, get rid of it.

Your "guess" on what it was used for. I.e., you didnt look at it.

And yes, it matters if it happened under Trump. They will be asking for $100,000,000,000.00 more in defense spending and they have no clue where/what they spent is going now (or that it may or may not be mostly waste/frivilous)...

 

[LSU-SIU]

Your "guess" on what it was used for. I.e., you didnt look at it.

And yes, it matters if it happened under Trump. They will be asking for $100,000,000,000.00 more in defense spending and they have no clue where/what they spent is going now (or that it may or may not be mostly waste/frivilous)...

My guess, just like the funds going to Eastern Europe is my guess being used as CIA funds.... which is why they (Eastern European Countries) are asking Trump for more information so they can hang their traitors I would imagine.

And yes, it matters if it happened under Trump.

At this stage it doesn't matter how it got there, you get rid of it... basically immaterial as a generalization. Delete it.

 

[walkenvol]

The Chinese have several really nice ev at a much lower price point. They've also worked on swappable batteries. None of that is allowed to be sold in the US

Elon even said Tesla had no intention of production less expensive options.

Are Chinese companies prohibiting from building a plant in the US to produce and sell EV’s?

 

[Ritzwatch]

so can we all agree dishonest people are investigating dishonest people now?

At least now the dishonest people might save us some of our nickels, rather than costing us our quarters.

 

[apevol]

At least now the dishonest people might save us some of our nickels, rather than costing us our quarters.

they'll take the money and run

 

[Orange_Crush]

Or how about he verify it before spouting off. It's kind of his job

FTR, this is VERY true.

Either they do this well and right, or they lose credibility. This is a historic moment and an incredible opportunity for gov't reform. We can't afford for it to lose credibility, andy more than its supporters complain about courts robbing it of momentum.

 

[Orangeburst]

FTR, this is VERY true.

Either they do this well and right, or they lose credibility. This is a historic moment and an incredible opportunity for gov't reform. We can't afford for it to lose credibility, andy more than its supporters complain about courts robbing it of momentum.

What do Vanderbilt fans have to do with it?

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

FTR, this is VERY true.

Either they do this well and right, or they lose credibility. This is a historic moment and an incredible opportunity for gov't reform. We can't afford for it to lose credibility, andy more than its supporters complain about courts robbing it of momentum.

Yeah, plenty of waste out there without needing to make stuff up/misrepresent.....

 

[LSU-SIU]

Trump & DOGE Fire Layoff Bazooka: Targets 200,000 Fed Workers On Probation | ZeroHedge

I have not verified the below but it does provide insight into how they are going about this.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Greatest democrat argument so far.

Dems - DOGE is a bunch of 20 year old kids. They don’t know what they are looking for or doing.

Dems- that child is 9 years old. They know if they’re transgender.

 

[Majors]

Pick and choose what? There's a separate group that deals with community notes and yes doge needs receipts when dealing with our money within the govt

Government in the past provide line by line to your liking on billions unaccounted for or used? Hold your new found rage now that the needle is moving.