Summary

Elon Musk claims to have saved taxpayers $105 billion, but its own figures add up to just $19 billion.

A New York Times report found DOGE falsely credited itself for long-canceled contracts, including a 2005 Coast Guard contract.

DOGE’s inexperienced staff, many tied to Musk’s companies, may be unqualified to understand complex government programs. Mistakes could be deadly, with one former USAID staffer warning tens of thousands of lives may be lost.

The Times alleged DOGE has been removing erroneous “savings” from its wall of receipts just to replace the mess-ups with new errors.

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    16 hours ago

    Well that last part is only natural… He has to make sure he can make a living after all

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      16 hours ago

      I mean you kid (I assume), but literally all of the departments targeted so far are ones that have been investigating Musk’s companies

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        6 hours ago

        I wish I wasn’t (for a myriad of reasons, that being the least of which) yet, here we are