DOGE is the attempted gutting of the US administrative state to maximise corporate profits.
I could write an essay on this but it's not complicated.
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PalteseMalconFunch · 36-40, T
We were talking about this at work today, the only saving grace is that they are moving so fast to flood the zone people might actually start to feel the consequences while he’s still in office.
It could still go the wrong way long term but it might also be them shooting themselves in the foot
It could still go the wrong way long term but it might also be them shooting themselves in the foot
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@PalteseMalconFunch It's the story of the death-spiral within neoliberalism and the far right. Sigh.
PalteseMalconFunch · 36-40, T
@Burnley123 Exactly.
Reason10 · 70-79, M
@PalteseMalconFunch Oh,certain people WILL feel the effects while he is in office.Welfare cheats, illegal aliens, Democrat politicians getting rich on insider trading, they ALL will see it coming.
The average taxpayer will FINALLY feel the government boot off his neck.
The average taxpayer will FINALLY feel the government boot off his neck.
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Elessar · 26-30, M
This is the collapse of the Soviet Union: western edition.
It isn't a move to strengthen the private sector or maximize profits (when they're literally sanctioning themselves with tariffs lol), the final purpose is to collapse the system as a whole so that the oligarchy may reign with unlimited power on the ashes, exactly like Putin and his henchmen did.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment
It isn't a move to strengthen the private sector or maximize profits (when they're literally sanctioning themselves with tariffs lol), the final purpose is to collapse the system as a whole so that the oligarchy may reign with unlimited power on the ashes, exactly like Putin and his henchmen did.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment
TinyViolins · 31-35, M
TinyViolins · 31-35, M
@DavidT8899 On paper it sounds nice, but are you really willing to trust a politician at face value?
When you start digging into the things this administration is labeling fraud and waste, very little of it actually turns out to be anything close to corruption. I mean, how can one say that they are properly auditing the government when none of the people on DOGE's staff have any known auditing or accounting experience?
When you start digging into the things this administration is labeling fraud and waste, very little of it actually turns out to be anything close to corruption. I mean, how can one say that they are properly auditing the government when none of the people on DOGE's staff have any known auditing or accounting experience?
DavidT8899 · 22-25, M
@TinyViolins Give them time.See what they come up with.
TinyViolins · 31-35, M
@DavidT8899 That would be nice if they hadn't already started firing government inspectors and laying off employees of these agencies
SW-User
Why don't you write the essay?
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Reason10 · 70-79, M
@BigGuy2 This has never been about reducing every person's tax bill.
The deficits and national debt do not exist because people are taxed too little, you moron. They exist because Washington SPENDS TOO MUCH.
And DOGE is taking out the fraudulent and wasteful spending.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/at-usaid-waste-and-abuse-runs-deep/
$1.5 million to “advance diversity equity and inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities”
$70,000 for production of a “DEI musical” in Ireland
$2.5 million for electric vehicles for Vietnam
$47,000 for a “transgender opera” in Colombia
$32,000 for a “transgender comic book” in Peru
$2 million for sex changes and “LGBT activism” in Guatemala
$6 million to fund tourism in Egypt
Hundreds of thousands of dollars for a non-profit linked to designated terrorist organizations — even AFTER an inspector general launched an investigation
Millions to EcoHealth Alliance — which was involved in research at the Wuhan lab
“Hundreds of thousands of meals that went to al Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Syria”
Funding to print “personalized” contraceptives birth control devices in developing countries
Hundreds of millions of dollars to fund “irrigation canals, farming equipment, and even fertilizer used to support the unprecedented poppy cultivation and heroin production in Afghanistan,” benefiting the Taliban
THIS IS FRAUD AND WASTE.
The deficits and national debt do not exist because people are taxed too little, you moron. They exist because Washington SPENDS TOO MUCH.
And DOGE is taking out the fraudulent and wasteful spending.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/at-usaid-waste-and-abuse-runs-deep/
$1.5 million to “advance diversity equity and inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities”
$70,000 for production of a “DEI musical” in Ireland
$2.5 million for electric vehicles for Vietnam
$47,000 for a “transgender opera” in Colombia
$32,000 for a “transgender comic book” in Peru
$2 million for sex changes and “LGBT activism” in Guatemala
$6 million to fund tourism in Egypt
Hundreds of thousands of dollars for a non-profit linked to designated terrorist organizations — even AFTER an inspector general launched an investigation
Millions to EcoHealth Alliance — which was involved in research at the Wuhan lab
“Hundreds of thousands of meals that went to al Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Syria”
Funding to print “personalized” contraceptives birth control devices in developing countries
Hundreds of millions of dollars to fund “irrigation canals, farming equipment, and even fertilizer used to support the unprecedented poppy cultivation and heroin production in Afghanistan,” benefiting the Taliban
THIS IS FRAUD AND WASTE.
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Reason10 · 70-79, M
@Theyitis Trump isn't breaking government. It's just getting rid of this kind of fraud and saving the taxpayers trillions.
$1.5 million to “advance diversity equity and inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities”
$70,000 for production of a “DEI musical” in Ireland
$2.5 million for electric vehicles for Vietnam
$47,000 for a “transgender opera” in Colombia
$32,000 for a “transgender comic book” in Peru
$2 million for sex changes and “LGBT activism” in Guatemala
$6 million to fund tourism in Egypt
Hundreds of thousands of dollars for a non-profit linked to designated terrorist organizations — even AFTER an inspector general launched an investigation
Millions to EcoHealth Alliance — which was involved in research at the Wuhan lab
“Hundreds of thousands of meals that went to al Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Syria”
Funding to print “personalized” contraceptives birth control devices in developing countries
Hundreds of millions of dollars to fund “irrigation canals, farming equipment, and even fertilizer used to support the unprecedented poppy cultivation and heroin production in Afghanistan,” benefiting the Taliban
Go ahead, snowflake. Make a case as to why America NEEDS this waste.
$1.5 million to “advance diversity equity and inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities”
$70,000 for production of a “DEI musical” in Ireland
$2.5 million for electric vehicles for Vietnam
$47,000 for a “transgender opera” in Colombia
$32,000 for a “transgender comic book” in Peru
$2 million for sex changes and “LGBT activism” in Guatemala
$6 million to fund tourism in Egypt
Hundreds of thousands of dollars for a non-profit linked to designated terrorist organizations — even AFTER an inspector general launched an investigation
Millions to EcoHealth Alliance — which was involved in research at the Wuhan lab
“Hundreds of thousands of meals that went to al Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Syria”
Funding to print “personalized” contraceptives birth control devices in developing countries
Hundreds of millions of dollars to fund “irrigation canals, farming equipment, and even fertilizer used to support the unprecedented poppy cultivation and heroin production in Afghanistan,” benefiting the Taliban
Go ahead, snowflake. Make a case as to why America NEEDS this waste.
More propaganda from a computer system that is the epitome of cult construct
Reason10 · 70-79, M
@Burnley123 Nobody is taking your pension away. But DOGE is taking away the pensions of those who currently are buried in cemetaries.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@Reason10 Evidence please
Reason10 · 70-79, M
No lies are complicated.
And what you just posted is a LIE.
TELL US AGAIN HOW CUTTING OFF HOUSING AND NEW CARS TO ILLEGAL ALIENS SOMEHOW MAXIMIZES CORPORATE PROFITS.
Tell us again how cutting Sesame Street in Iran somehow maximizes corporate profits. What corporation? The corporation for public broadcasting?
Tell us how cutting $45 million for DEI training in BURMA somehow maximizes corporate profits.
And what you just posted is a LIE.
TELL US AGAIN HOW CUTTING OFF HOUSING AND NEW CARS TO ILLEGAL ALIENS SOMEHOW MAXIMIZES CORPORATE PROFITS.
Tell us again how cutting Sesame Street in Iran somehow maximizes corporate profits. What corporation? The corporation for public broadcasting?
Tell us how cutting $45 million for DEI training in BURMA somehow maximizes corporate profits.
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Reason10 · 70-79, M
@TrashCat DOGE is an excuse by trump to dismantle the US goverment.
So you think THIS is US government?>
$1.5 million to “advance diversity equity and inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities”
$70,000 for production of a “DEI musical” in Ireland
$2.5 million for electric vehicles for Vietnam
$47,000 for a “transgender opera” in Colombia
$32,000 for a “transgender comic book” in Peru
$2 million for sex changes and “LGBT activism” in Guatemala
$6 million to fund tourism in Egypt
Hundreds of thousands of dollars for a non-profit linked to designated terrorist organizations — even AFTER an inspector general launched an investigation
Millions to EcoHealth Alliance — which was involved in research at the Wuhan lab
“Hundreds of thousands of meals that went to al Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Syria”
Funding to print “personalized” contraceptives birth control devices in developing countries
Hundreds of millions of dollars to fund “irrigation canals, farming equipment, and even fertilizer used to support the unprecedented poppy cultivation and heroin production in Afghanistan,” benefiting the Taliban
So you think THIS is US government?>
$1.5 million to “advance diversity equity and inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities”
$70,000 for production of a “DEI musical” in Ireland
$2.5 million for electric vehicles for Vietnam
$47,000 for a “transgender opera” in Colombia
$32,000 for a “transgender comic book” in Peru
$2 million for sex changes and “LGBT activism” in Guatemala
$6 million to fund tourism in Egypt
Hundreds of thousands of dollars for a non-profit linked to designated terrorist organizations — even AFTER an inspector general launched an investigation
Millions to EcoHealth Alliance — which was involved in research at the Wuhan lab
“Hundreds of thousands of meals that went to al Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Syria”
Funding to print “personalized” contraceptives birth control devices in developing countries
Hundreds of millions of dollars to fund “irrigation canals, farming equipment, and even fertilizer used to support the unprecedented poppy cultivation and heroin production in Afghanistan,” benefiting the Taliban
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@Reason10 What is your source for this?
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
Gee whiz Burnsie. You know that reduced the over bloated socialist enablers only hurts the feelings of commies like you when in reality in a federal republic the job of the government is to protect the homeland, keep the streets clean and prevent and punish crime. This doesn’t include sending out money to pay for YOUR socialist programs.
@Burnley123 Awesome! No one should depend on the government for insurance.
jackjjackson · 61-69, M
You think they let him drive? @Musicman
@jackjjackson Definitely not!