Department of Government Efficiency - DOGE

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BigOrangeMojo said:
Cutting mid single digits is still $50,000,000,000.00 per year. It might not be the 30-50% waste you see in other departments but its still a meaningful amount and percentage....

Since 1980, the increase in defense spending has exceeded inflation by over 60%. The "% of GDP" is just a pro-military metric used to justify spending increases at a rate far higher than inflation...

You should compare spending metric with another spending metric and not an economic output metric....
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You propose 1980 spending levels that only account for inflation and not economic growth?
The 1980 $267B budget would be $1.07T in current value.
 
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(always knew the corrupt Dems were financing their campaigns illegally with taxpayer money)


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Evening Edit finding based on govt records Biden’s $27 billion greenhouse gas fund did likely end up funding ads for Kamala Harris. Climate Power Action got an undisclosed amount from this fund and then launched a $55M ad campaign for Kamala Harris’s 2024 race. On its board are Democrats Randi Weingarten, Stacey Abrams, Carol Browner Clinton’s EPA chief, Ernest Moniz Obama’s Energy Secy, and the former president of the Sierra Club.

Biden‘s $27B greenhouse gas reduction fund is linked to a web of Clinton, Biden, Obama Dems, and labor unions. Not just Stacey Abrams, but also Randi Weingarten, Kamala Harris, Jeff Bezos’ Earth Fund, the AFL-CIO, Gavin Newsom’s top ally Phil Angelides, Obama’s former transportation secretary, Biden’s climate advisor and his EPA chief. Abrams has a web of nonprofits linked to this taxpayer money that was supposed to help install green energy appliances like solar panels and weatherization upgrades, but they had reportedly no experience in this. Ht to Beacon too.
 
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Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Regulatory Initiative

Section 1. Purpose. It is the policy of my Administration to focus the executive branch’s limited enforcement resources on regulations squarely authorized by constitutional Federal statutes, and to commence the deconstruction of the overbearing and burdensome administrative state. Ending Federal overreach and restoring the constitutional separation of powers is a priority of my Administration.
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Sec. 2. Rescinding Unlawful Regulations and Regulations That Undermine the National Interest. (a) Agency heads shall, in coordination with their DOGE Team Leads and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, initiate a process to review all regulations subject to their sole or joint jurisdiction for consistency with law and Administration policy. Within 60 days of the date of this order, agency heads shall, in consultation with the Attorney General as appropriate, identify the following classes of regulations:
(i) unconstitutional regulations and regulations that raise serious constitutional difficulties, such as exceeding the scope of the power vested in the Federal Government by the Constitution;
(ii) regulations that are based on unlawful delegations of legislative power;
(iii) regulations that are based on anything other than the best reading of the underlying statutory authority or prohibition;
(iv) regulations that implicate matters of social, political, or economic significance that are not authorized by clear statutory authority;
(v) regulations that impose significant costs upon private parties that are not outweighed by public benefits;
(vi) regulations that harm the national interest by significantly and unjustifiably impeding technological innovation, infrastructure development, disaster response, inflation reduction, research and development, economic development, energy production, land use, and foreign policy objectives; and
(vii) regulations that impose undue burdens on small business and impede private enterprise and entrepreneurship.
(b) In conducting the review required by subsection (a) of this section, agencies shall prioritize review of those rules that satisfy the definition of “significant regulatory action” in Executive Order 12866 of September 30, 1993 (Regulatory Planning and Review), as amended.
(c) Within 60 days of the date of this order, agency heads shall provide to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Office of Management and Budget a list of all regulations identified by class as listed in subsection (a) of this section.
(d) The Administrator of OIRA shall consult with agency heads to develop a Unified Regulatory Agenda that seeks to rescind or modify these regulations, as appropriate.
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I did notice a spelling error. 😂
 
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BigOrangeMojo said:
The 1980 budget was 144B so pretty much half your figure in today's spending....

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I dont know where I got 267B. That $147B would be 563B today..kinda lines up with the compounded 40% reduction they are talking about, which would be Carters last budget. We have necessary recapitalization needs like nuclear, which Trump has excluded, so not bad at all.

Inflation doesnt include wages though, but we have much less personnel with higher wages, so kinda washes out.

Get some serious bang for your buck with reformed procurement and overall looks like good floor plan.

 
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Pod is pretty interesting. It talks all about how Medicare, SS, and national security account for 60% of spending and are where all the real gains are to be made. They focus the entire time on how Medicare works.

Paraphrasing: "If we're interested in cutting costs, absolutely go after fraud, but let's not pretend that fraud is where the real money is. Prosecute the fraud. It's flashy. It's a win/win. But the real money is in the way that we legally allow these plans to inflate their payments."

IDK that we'll actually get to any of this with DOGE when there is no mention of policy wonks or actual auditors on the staff.

 
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n_huffhines said:
Pod is pretty interesting. It talks all about how Medicare, SS, and national security account for 60% of spending and are where all the real gains are to be made. They focus the entire time on how Medicare works.

Paraphrasing: "If we're interested in cutting costs, absolutely go after fraud, but let's not pretend that fraud is where the real money is. Prosecute the fraud. It's flashy. It's a win/win. But the real money is in the way that we legally allow these plans to inflate their payments."

IDK that we'll actually get to any of this with DOGE when there is no mention of policy wonks or actual auditors on the staff.

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The fraud in medical is different i.e. prosecution under RICO including local governments and local boards. Not saying there isn't DOGE issues but medical industry is its own brand of fraud and its massive. 100,000s of people should be in jail based on that... in a just world.
 
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jmacvols1 said:
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I would like to see these same investigation done at the state level too with her. she straight up defrauded several agencies and cities in her first run at governorship. worst part was some of those agencies knew it was bs but still contributed.


that is part of the fraud, but local investigators stopped because of who it all lead back to.

how her failed lawsuit against the state, she was paying the attorney (who was on her campaign group) millions of dollars for the case 2 years after the case was ended, with about 10 million paid per year before dismissal.

She is dirty deeds done dang expensively. and if you are a Dem that voted for her, or contributed to her you should be pissed with what all she did.
 
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NashVol11 said:
DOGE adjusting its numbers in response to this guy's tweets is funny to me






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Why? Its a quick audit to eliminate waste i.e. rough numbers. Same thing I said weeks ago.

Now they just need to virtually eliminate the whole IRS, start drastically eliminating defense especially overseas and large naval battle groups.
 
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