Trump and Elon Musk are about making government more efficient for the rich
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sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
- $2 million for Moroccan pottery classes
- $2 million promoting tourism to Lebanon
- $20 million for a Sesame Street show in Iraq
- Sending Ukranians to Paris Fashion Week
- $1 million to help disabled people in Tajikistan become climate leaders
- $15 million for 'contraceptives and condoms’ in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan
$45 million scholarship program for students in Burma.
$25,000 award entitled “Empowering LGBTQIA+ Refugees in Greece”
– $10M for “Mozambique voluntary medical male circumcision”
– $9.7M for UC Berkeley to develop “a cohort of Cambodian youth with enterprise driven skills”
– $2.3M for “strengthening independent voices in Cambodia”
– $32M to the Prague Civil Society Centre
– $40M for “gender equality and women empowerment hub”
– $14M for “improving public procurement” in Serbia
– $486M to the “Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening,” including $22M for
“inclusive and participatory political process” in Moldova and $21M for voter turnout in India
– $29M to “strenghening political landscape in Bangladesh”
– $20M for “fiscal federalism” in Nepal
– $19M for “biodiversity conversation” in Nepal
– $1.5M for “voter confidence” in Liberia
– $14M for “social cohesion” in Mali
– $2.5M for “inclusive democracies in Southern Africa”
– $47M for “improving learning outcomes in Asia”
- $265k for a “food and nutrition service 3 day leadership retreat in Atlanta”
- $30K for “Malaysia study tour facilitation services”
-$324,671 grant for “Increasing DEIA Programming for Integrated Pest Management”
– $2M to develop “sustainable recycling models” to “increase socio-economic cohesion among marginalized
communities of Kosovo Roma, Ashkali, and Egypt”
-$60M for "Indigenous Peoples and Afro-Colombian empowerment"
- $74M for "inclusive justice" in Colombia
- $79M for "primary literacy" in Kenya
- $37M for "female empowerment" in Colombia
- $8M to "Reduce stigma, discrimination, and violence against LGBTQI+ communities" in Lesotho
- $3.3M for "being LGBTQI in the Caribbean"
- $250k to increase "Vegan Local Climate Action Innovation" in Zambia
-$1.7M for the “China Health and Retirement Longitudinal study” at Peking University in Beijing, China
-$135K for a research grant to China Medical University in Shenyang, China
-$142K for “using telehealth to improve access to gender-affirming care”
-$1.3M for “transforming health for gender-diverse young adults”
-$120K for “personalized 3-D avatar tool development” focused on “gender identities”
-$400K for researching “sources of minority stress and alcohol consumption” among “adults who report uncertainty
about their sexual orientation”
-$160K for researching “racialized sexual discrimination” among “young sexual minority men of color”
-$241K for “an intervention to promote healthy relationships among transgender and gender expansive youth”
- $2 million promoting tourism to Lebanon
- $20 million for a Sesame Street show in Iraq
- Sending Ukranians to Paris Fashion Week
- $1 million to help disabled people in Tajikistan become climate leaders
- $15 million for 'contraceptives and condoms’ in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan
$45 million scholarship program for students in Burma.
$25,000 award entitled “Empowering LGBTQIA+ Refugees in Greece”
– $10M for “Mozambique voluntary medical male circumcision”
– $9.7M for UC Berkeley to develop “a cohort of Cambodian youth with enterprise driven skills”
– $2.3M for “strengthening independent voices in Cambodia”
– $32M to the Prague Civil Society Centre
– $40M for “gender equality and women empowerment hub”
– $14M for “improving public procurement” in Serbia
– $486M to the “Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening,” including $22M for
“inclusive and participatory political process” in Moldova and $21M for voter turnout in India
– $29M to “strenghening political landscape in Bangladesh”
– $20M for “fiscal federalism” in Nepal
– $19M for “biodiversity conversation” in Nepal
– $1.5M for “voter confidence” in Liberia
– $14M for “social cohesion” in Mali
– $2.5M for “inclusive democracies in Southern Africa”
– $47M for “improving learning outcomes in Asia”
- $265k for a “food and nutrition service 3 day leadership retreat in Atlanta”
- $30K for “Malaysia study tour facilitation services”
-$324,671 grant for “Increasing DEIA Programming for Integrated Pest Management”
– $2M to develop “sustainable recycling models” to “increase socio-economic cohesion among marginalized
communities of Kosovo Roma, Ashkali, and Egypt”
-$60M for "Indigenous Peoples and Afro-Colombian empowerment"
- $74M for "inclusive justice" in Colombia
- $79M for "primary literacy" in Kenya
- $37M for "female empowerment" in Colombia
- $8M to "Reduce stigma, discrimination, and violence against LGBTQI+ communities" in Lesotho
- $3.3M for "being LGBTQI in the Caribbean"
- $250k to increase "Vegan Local Climate Action Innovation" in Zambia
-$1.7M for the “China Health and Retirement Longitudinal study” at Peking University in Beijing, China
-$135K for a research grant to China Medical University in Shenyang, China
-$142K for “using telehealth to improve access to gender-affirming care”
-$1.3M for “transforming health for gender-diverse young adults”
-$120K for “personalized 3-D avatar tool development” focused on “gender identities”
-$400K for researching “sources of minority stress and alcohol consumption” among “adults who report uncertainty
about their sexual orientation”
-$160K for researching “racialized sexual discrimination” among “young sexual minority men of color”
-$241K for “an intervention to promote healthy relationships among transgender and gender expansive youth”
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ElwoodBlues · M
@sunsporter1649 says
We're not recommending tax cuts!! We don't think tax cuts will solve our deficit problems!!
when you figure out how to give tax cuts to those that do not pay taxes get back to us
You're barking up the wrong tree, sunstroke!!We're not recommending tax cuts!! We don't think tax cuts will solve our deficit problems!!
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@ElwoodBlues Nothing stopping you from writing a check to the irs, is there?
ElwoodBlues · M
@sunsporter1649 Why is DOGE so inaccurate and sloppy??? Why doesn't Musk wait until he has all the facts instead of publishing tons of errors?? DOGE's error rate makes it a completely unreliable source. Here's just a handful of examples.
The numerous mistakes, according to people familiar with the complex world of government contracting, suggest that Mr. Musk’s team of outsiders, charged by the president with cutting spending, don’t fully understand it.
UPDATE
Musk's DOGE touted slashing an $8 billion contract. It actually cut $8 million.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/19/doge-said-it-cut-8-billion-contract-8-million/79176949007/The numerous mistakes, according to people familiar with the complex world of government contracting, suggest that Mr. Musk’s team of outsiders, charged by the president with cutting spending, don’t fully understand it.
David Reid, an environmental scientist in Michigan, was surprised to learn his contract studying invasive species in the St. Lawrence Seaway was included on the list. “That contract wasn’t canceled by DOGE or anyone else,” he said. The contract expired on Dec. 31 and he decided to retire and not renew it, he said. “If they took credit for canceling the contract, they’re lying.”
A report by CBS News this week found another type of error involving this kind of contract: The group had triple-counted the $655 million maximum value of one contract for U.S.A.I.D. with numerous sub-contracts.
In another case, DOGE claimed $232 million in savings on a contract providing information technology support to the Social Security Administration. But The Intercept reported that only a sliver of the contract was canceled — a program to let users mark their gender as “X” — bringing the actual savings closer to $560,000.
In another case, DOGE claimed $232 million in savings on a contract providing information technology support to the Social Security Administration. But The Intercept reported that only a sliver of the contract was canceled — a program to let users mark their gender as “X” — bringing the actual savings closer to $560,000.
The “wall of receipts” also lists hundreds of cases in which — even by the website’s own accounting — the changes saved taxpayers nothing. In one contract, the Securities and Exchange Commission had agreed to spend $10 million for a five-year subscription to the legal-research site Westlaw. But the savings are listed as $0. The S.E.C.’s contract expired in March 2024.
The group also claims unrealistic estimates from several special kinds of umbrella contracts. When the government expects many different offices may want ongoing orders of the same general product or service — say, I.T. — it creates an overall contracting mechanism with a set ceiling under which several pre-vetted vendors can compete for individual orders. Each of those individual orders represents money the government has committed to spend. But the ceiling on the whole umbrella doesn’t.
“It’s not real money,” said Kelly Saldana, who spent nearly two decades working at U.S.A.I.D., including as the director of its office of health systems. If one of these larger contracts has a ceiling of $100 million and there’s only one $10 million order under it, the remaining $90 million isn’t savings or money that could be spent elsewhere.
“It’s not real money,” said Kelly Saldana, who spent nearly two decades working at U.S.A.I.D., including as the director of its office of health systems. If one of these larger contracts has a ceiling of $100 million and there’s only one $10 million order under it, the remaining $90 million isn’t savings or money that could be spent elsewhere.
UPDATE
DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week
AlsoNearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump’s administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money, the administration’s own data shows.
The Department of Government Efficiency, run by Trump adviser Elon Musk, published an updated list Monday of nearly 2,300 contracts that agencies terminated in recent weeks across the federal government. Data published on DOGE’s “Wall of Receipts” shows that more than one-third of the contract cancellations, 794 in all, are expected to yield no savings.
The Department of Government Efficiency, run by Trump adviser Elon Musk, published an updated list Monday of nearly 2,300 contracts that agencies terminated in recent weeks across the federal government. Data published on DOGE’s “Wall of Receipts” shows that more than one-third of the contract cancellations, 794 in all, are expected to yield no savings.
Kypro · 51-55, M
Tell me how he’s not for Russia? https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/03/06/trump-planning-on-canceling-legal-status-for-240000-ukrainians-who-fled-war-with-russia-report-says/
People come here from their war-torn country, accepted, given temporary legal status, who now MAY BE sent back where they no longer have homes. ""That is far past vengeful vindictive or even childishness""
People come here from their war-torn country, accepted, given temporary legal status, who now MAY BE sent back where they no longer have homes. ""That is far past vengeful vindictive or even childishness""
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@Kypro How many of those 24,000 are Ukranians?
KunsanVeteran · M
Not so much “efficient” as “corrupt”
BigGuy2 · 31-35, M
Oh really 🙄🙄🙄
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