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69 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 5h \ on: Federal Interest Payments Surge to New Highs as Trump Spending Rises Yet Again econ

So DOGE might not have worked?

40 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 5h

Depends what they were trying to do, I suppose

69 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 5h

Fair enough. They exposed and eliminated some fraud and grift but didn't have an impact on the deficit.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 5h

I'm not sure exactly what to credit DOGE with because this whole administration came in with a very broad short term strategy.

As far as I can tell, none of the bombshell discoveries from DOGE actually turned out to be anything, but there are a quarter of a million more former feds than there had been and that's clearly a positive. There are also billions of dollars in canceled grants and contracts, which is also to the good.