Trump Admin dismantling Dept. of Education — mass firings underway

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gtyellowjacket said:
I like The Doge program. I hope the cuts keep coming and I hope they continue to point out some of these ridiculous programs that we're paying for with the hope that the executive branch and Congress will treat our tax money with a lot more care in the future.
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Name one
Transgender mice?
 
Silence Dogood said:
What cuts in spending would you make? What waste would you get rid of?
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I don’t know enough about the specifics of government spending to identify any spending as “waste” or “fraud.”

I’d increase spending on inspectors general to better examine spending and processes by department/agency. Let them recommend spending and staff cuts.

I’d hire a ton more IRS agents to audit taxes and to clamp down on tax cheats.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
I like The Doge program. I hope the cuts keep coming and I hope they continue to point out some of these ridiculous programs that we're paying for with the hope that the executive branch and Congress will treat our tax money with a lot more care in the future.
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They are making sweeping indiscriminate cuts that make no sense. You must be out of your fucking mind. One day, these sweeping cuts are going to impact you in a crucial way and you are going to change your tune.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by bad faith but I'll try to interpret. I honestly think that going on an interview style program where the interviewer can ask questions to challenge Musk is a bit more helpful to understand his actions and more difficult for Musk than just tweeting.

And I really don't think Musk is speaking in hypotheticals as much as he's generalizing the scope of some of the problems. He's also put up his wall of receipts of real cuts he's making for people to examine and criticize. This is in contrast to someone like Trump who just says there's fraud and waste and we're going to get rid of it.
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You mean like the receipt for 8 billion that was off by several decimal places?
 
Zoo_View said:
I don’t know enough about the specifics of government spending to identify any spending as “waste” or “fraud.”

I’d increase spending on inspectors general to better examine spending and processes by department/agency. Let them recommend spending and staff cuts.

I’d hire a ton more IRS agents to audit taxes and to clamp down on tax cheats.
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If the ones we have now couldn't do there job there in lies the problem. We don't need more bureaucracy. Since you don't know enough you're not qualified to have opinions on Doge.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
I like The Doge program. I hope the cuts keep coming and I hope they continue to point out some of these ridiculous programs that we're paying for with the hope that the executive branch and Congress will treat our tax money with a lot more care in the future.
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You feel like you know enough about each of the departments and programs cut that you support it?

Or do you just reflexively trust Elon's judgment?
 
Silence Dogood said:
If the ones we have now couldn't do there job there in lies the problem. We don't need more bureaucracy. Since you don't know enough you're not qualified to have opinions on Doge.
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Maybe they couldn't do their job because there wasn't enough of them. And I guess you know enough to be all in on what DOGE is doing, even though Trump and Musk have offered no evidence at all to support the crap they are doing to the country and ruining lives by freezing the money and people losing their jobs.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
I like The Doge program. I hope the cuts keep coming and I hope they continue to point out some of these ridiculous programs that we're paying for with the hope that the executive branch and Congress will treat our tax money with a lot more care in the future.
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Exactly where is the evidence that any of the money they are freezing is wasteful? Do you think money to help people have clean water is wasteful? Do you think money to help people grow food and not starve is wasteful? Do you think programs to keep diseases from spreading and killing people are wasteful? Because that is what has been cut. Also, it's illegal.
 
Silence Dogood said:
If the ones we have now couldn't do there job there in lies the problem. We don't need more bureaucracy. Since you don't know enough you're not qualified to have opinions on Doge.
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DOGE doesn’t know shit about government spending.

You don’t know shit about government spending.

DOGE is cutting with a chain saw. You applaud that because you are either ignorant or such a MAGA partisan or both.

When DOGE fires critical employees and then has to rehire them - that’s not efficiency. It’s not cost-effective.

I’m willing to say the government has some inefficiencies and some waste and fraud.

Let’s find it and eliminate it.

DOGE and Project 2025 are NOT doing that.
 
Zoo_View said:
DOGE doesn’t know shit about government spending.

You don’t know shit about government spending.

DOGE is cutting with a chain saw. You applaud that because you are either ignorant or such a MAGA partisan or both.

When DOGE fires critical employees and then has to rehire them - that’s not efficiency. It’s not cost-effective.

I’m willing to say the government has some inefficiencies and some waste and fraud.

Let’s find it and eliminate it.

DOGE and Project 2025 are NOT doing that.
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This 100%. DOGE is slashing and burning a forest without replanting anything! At some point it’s going to cause massive issues. The prudent and smart thing to do would be to selectively cut pieces. It’s sad honestly.
 
TarSpiel said:
You feel like you know enough about each of the departments and programs cut that you support it?

Or do you just reflexively trust Elon's judgment?
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He just trust what elon tells him. No one has the kind of all inclusive knowledge he's adding for. Not elon, not trump, no one.
 
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