Department of Government Efficiency - DOGE

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Thunder Good-Oil said:
6 month window (actually 7). 3 months before through 3 months after plus the month of your 65th birthday.

Also, it begins on the first day of the month you turn 65.

It’s messed up that you are forced to pay into it over your entire life, are forced to pay almost $200/month for it once you turn 65, AND the coverage is so crappy you’ll need to buy an advantage or supplemental plan as well from private insurers to get adequate coverage. So plan on spending about $5,000-$8,000/year for your government sponsored healthcare.
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Well crap, had me believing it was 3. Good to know!
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
Well crap, had me believing it was 3. Good to know!
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Advantage gets pushed by the government and insurance companies. Bigger commissions for the insurance companies and salespeople and costs are capped by the government. Insurance companies are paid by the government for every person that they sign up and their profits are created by denying claims and taking decisions away from doctors.

Also, for those that weren’t responsible savers over their lives, their advantage plans are heavily subsidized by the government while those that did save and have too much income in retirement pay up to 3x the $200/month plan B (basic Medicare) coverage. IRMAA. Income Related Monthly Adjusted Amount.
 
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Joe Rogan has a great podcast with Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur, Mark Andreesen. Covers a lot on economy, taxes and the enormous waste identified in DC…not to mention the work from home federal employees that have never come back, still work from home with the exception of one day a month they’re “required” to be in the office (if enforced) and rarely work the rest of the time. Can’t wait for Musk and Ramaswamy to get ahold of this.
 
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Vol737 said:
Joe Rogan has a great podcast with Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur, Mark Andreesen. Covers a lot on economy, taxes and the enormous waste identified in DC…not to mention the work from home federal employees that have never come back, still work from home with the exception of one day a month they’re “required” to be in the office (if enforced) and rarely work the rest of the time. Can’t wait for Musk and Ramaswamy to get ahold of this.
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There’s going to be some epic meltdowns.
 
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Nikki Haley Rips Ramaswamy: ‘Nothing wrong’ with American culture​


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Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley slammed her onetime GOP presidential primary opponent Vivek Ramaswamy on Thursday for arguing American culture is to blame for a lack of U.S.-born engineers.

“There is nothing wrong with American workers or American culture,” Haley wrote in a post on the social platform X. “All you have to do is look at the border and see how many want what we have. We should be investing and prioritizing in Americans, not foreign workers.”

Ramaswamy, who is set to co-chair the “Department of Government Efficiency” alongside Elon Musk, suggested Thursday that Silicon Valley hires more foreign-born engineers because American culture has “venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long.”

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Nikki Haley rips Ramaswamy: ‘Nothing wrong’ with American culture

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley slammed her onetime GOP presidential primary opponent Vivek Ramaswamy on Thursday for arguing American culture is to blame for a lack of U.S.-born engineers. “There is nothing wrong with American workers or American culture,” Haley wrote in a post on...
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So I suppose DOGE is basically aimed at running the US government at virtually the same size but "efficiently" with fake-certified H1Bs. Yay.
 
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K-town Vol Fan said:
Stop playing dumb. You know that as far as voting on a bill goes, Republicans have let Trump tell them how to vote for years. Remember the border bill Republicans killed because Trump told them to, just so he could campaign on how bad the border is? The Republic party is owned by Donald Trump, whether he is in office or not. That's why it's so embarrassing. A reality TV star with multiple bankruptcies and multiple sexual assault accusations. That's who you hitch your wagon to.
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I didn't see you crying this much when obama and soros were running bidens administration. What's changed?
 
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Look, we can all agree government is too big and spends too much money, but DOGE is such a fraud. It has no power and is unofficial in every respect. Its simply a rage machine for out-of-context tales of government waste.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Look, we can all agree government is too big and spends too much money, but DOGE is such a fraud. It has no power and is unofficial in every respect. Its simply a rage machine for out-of-context tales of government waste.
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Anything to bring attention to and put pressure on congress to cut spending is a good thing. However I do agree that they won't accomplish much, the rot is too deep to be cut out and the patient survive.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Look, we can all agree government is too big and spends too much money, but DOGE is such a fraud. It has no power and is unofficial in every respect. Its simply a rage machine for out-of-context tales of government waste.
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The more sunlight shines on the inefficiency of how the sausage is made the better...full stop. If you can agree to the boldened it savagely curtails your input on what follows. Maybe DOGE doesn't accomplish much...but it's something and that's more than I can say for anything that comes to mind on the matter previously.
 
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