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Steve Bannon is calling for DOGE to be audited

Apparently no one knows what they're doing with the frozen funds nor what they found and Elon is walking back claims that he can save the US money. DOGE insider also speaks out.

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Sounds like Musk has made a lot of enemies on Trump in er circle as well, including Steve Bannon, as they battled for who they thought Trump should hire.

Bannon has suggested, that Musk is more out to help himself, than himself... which has been clear, as Musk is just pushing his own products and his friends products.

But Musk promised he could save 2 trillion dollars

So far, he's claims he's been able to save $150 billion, but when they actually showed enough information that it could be audited in the past, the media consistently found major errors, decreasing the savings and they stopped providing so much information, so they couldn't be audited.

And one report suggest, while DOGE MIGHT have saved $150 billion, supposedly they ALSO caused an extra $135 billion to be spent... meaning the maximum net savings would only be 15 billion, and that's assuming Musk's numbers don't need to be adjusted downward again.


When they finally end it, I'm speculating that DOGE will cost the Americans more money than it saves... because that's ALMOST always how it ends with the government.

PLUS because they getting rid of the IRS employees whom are the ones that bring in the money, they'll be bringing in less money as more people take chances that they won't be audited, and the IRS has less employees to do the auditing and collecting of money.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@sstronaut Only around $61bn of those "savings" are itemised, and just $34bn evidenced by actual receipts. And the four largest savings claimed have either been exaggerated or the decision to terminate the contract was made by the previous administration.

The man is a complete fraud and, as you point out, a liability as his pruning of the IRS will further erode tax receipts.
@SunshineGirl Yeah, I caught on to one of his recent claims, was actually found and corrected about a decade ago.

I guess to save 15 million, they decided not to updated the system to stop those false claims from being claimed, BUT they stopped all money from going out on those false claims a decade ago...

And Musk is claiming he saved some 150 billion or something in claims, when there was $0 going out based on those for the past decade, they were just collecting the false claims... heck, that might be good for evidence to law enforcement.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
What a novel idea 🙂

Unfortunately the auditors and regulators were among the first federal employees to be targeted, so independent oversight is more difficult now.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
They keep publishing 'walls of receipts' that are mostly lies. What DOGE has done is wildly illegal and unconstitutional but they have mostly got away with it due to the MAGA cult supporting it and the weak reaction from the democrats.

As someone who has read the Sovereign Individual and the NerdReich blog, I want Bannon to win this fight.

It's surely the ultimate lesser-evil when an Orban living ultra-nationalist is preferable to Musk and the techno-feudalists. Fascism is to the left of the neoreactionaries because they at least believe in the welfare of a race or nation. The tech feudalists only care about the 'cognitive elite' which is themselves.
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@Burnley123 Agreed and honestly surprised but really shouldn't be, that no one is auditing what DOGE is finding nor double checking anything. So basically DOGE is like "yeah we found this," and the govt just is like "yeah okay that's cool I guess, do whatever" 👍 👌

And frozen funds, where are they?

Never thought I'd say this but I hope Bannon follows through and don't back down. Though I wouldn't be surprised if he did, they all seem to lose their backbone eventually which is why I hope Bannon doesn't.

But I also don't have much faith, I'm used to politicians being absolute cowards.

I think the only ones I've found that have some fire are AOC or Jasmine Crockett.

Andrew Yang comes close to a favorite too but he backed down from a fight a long time ago so for me that's a no even though I like his politics like UBI.
Briggett · T
@SatanBurger yeah because his new ex-best friend stole all of that money and he forgot or didn’t get his cut of the art of deal.

It’s only going to get better when the rest of the those people in the photograph because didn’t get what they paid for or voted for. Ouch!!
In America you can get away with a whole lot of BS, that is until you start Fing with folks who have who have that double digit billion attached to their last name. It will hit home maybe, when you get become aware or get woke. Call it what you like or anything you want, but you do know what time it is or do you ?
Stand by folks ; because you got some fake folks standing out there, way out there on a whole bunch limbs.
Here’s the catch, they ain’t the ones with the chain saw. Just you, don’t be in the way when they start to fall!!
thisguy20 · 41-45, M
Wow: I agree with something Bannon said...
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@thisguy20 You know when he's saying it that's bad actually lol it means it's worrying.
Briggett · T
Stay on them!!
FloorGenAdm · 51-55, M
Do we get a stimulus check (circle one) YES or NO
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@FloorGenAdm If you do, that "stimulus" is going to be paid for by more government borrowing.
FloorGenAdm · 51-55, M
@SunshineGirl They do it all the time for themselves bout time they do it for the people.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
Elon is gunna hold the US govt ransom for 10 trillion . Otherwise everyone’s bank accounts will have a zero balance when he pushes the button . Within an hour of him turning off EBT cards there will be riots in every city.
The govt will secretly pay him whatever he asks for .
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@AthrillatheHunt That's why I'm weighing alternatives about saving money. I don't trust the banks no more but not sure i trust saving in a house either. We shouldn't get robbed but you never know
Convivial · 26-30, F
Come on, he had a room full of young geniuses with the collective wisdom and experience of the average 6yo and you doubt the results?
Briggett · T
Just business as usual with trump inc. remember musk blew over a few billion dollars of which he never get legally in last six months.
He’s just reserving his spot at the trough.
fun4us2b · M
Yup and walking back tariffs, and now student visas - it's a White House of cards...
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
Wow. Steve Bannon is calling for an audit. You know it's bad.
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@LordShadowfire What stuck out to me is that he basically admitted he doesn't know what doge is even finding. So they been obtaining citizen data, allowed in the treasury, allowed in private federal buildings and no one knows what they're even doing. Like the govt isn't double checking what they're finding out, they basically let an unknown group loose in the United States with govt money and secrets.

Like Bannon just admitted that they don't really know what doge has found out.

 
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