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1091 sats \ 15 comments \ @carter 18 Apr charts_and_numbers
I wish I had been logging all the data from the beginning... you can dump it in about 30 api calls. The raw unsorted data is archived here https://archive.md/api.doge.gov I still need to dig through it more and make some of my own charts
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231 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 18 Apr
What a joke. The military industrial complex charges on. This is like cutting back on daily Starbucks while financing a BMW X7 on you way of cutting spending in a serious way
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95 sats \ 0 replies \ @028559d218 18 Apr
100%
It's a one-time 150 Billion which while great... is ~ 7% of the 2 trillion dollar yearly deficit.
Make it make sense?
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 18 Apr
pathetic
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77 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 18 Apr
And yet, the federal workforce is terrified of Elon and his anti government crusade.
At least we’re getting that.
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25 sats \ 1 reply \ @carter OP 18 Apr
It is fun to watch the bureaucrats squirm... I don't know if the negative externalities are worth it
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 18 Apr
Considering we normally get nothing, I'll take it.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 18 Apr
You have to remember it will always be an uphill battle. So it will take time for us to see the results.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @028559d218 19 Apr
See results... of what?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @carter OP 18 Apr
billions in fraud and abuse; 0 convictions
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @creativityisoverrated 18 Apr
We’re still talking about 155B$, that’s insane in any case, propaganda aside.
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321 sats \ 4 replies \ @crenshaw 18 Apr
It's all relative.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @028559d218 19 Apr
Someone reads the Wall Street Journal
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @creativityisoverrated 18 Apr
I’d be curious to see a drill down
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @crenshaw 18 Apr
I think it's more instructive to see where most of the money already goes. If Doge was actually serious about cutting US spending it would look in these areas. Anything else is just theater.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @creativityisoverrated 19 Apr
Touching DoD is like touching high voltage live wires
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