The One Department in Government I Have Some Hope For

[SubGod22]

Obviously I'm talking about the Department of Government Efficiency. They don't actually wield a lot of power to enforce things, but they can shine a light and move things in the right direction. It appears they're off to a respectable start and they've only just begun. Below are some highlights for me.

I remember even back in high school wondering about how they justify so much waste and spending money in places they have no business spending money in. You'd often hear arguments about in the grand scheme of things, it's not that much compared to the whole. That was the justification, even though all of that crap adds up and you're seeing some of that here with the above. And DOGE is just scratching the surface right now. They've only officially been a government department for about 10 days and have cut billions of dollars in unnecessary and useless spending.

I'm really interested to see how this continues and when we'll see more push back from politicians about what is going on. I know some of these things are easier for them to do as they have Trump appointed leaders over a number of agencies who will sign off on these cuts, but at some point we'll get into what Congress is doing and won't have the same ease of cutting some of these things. That will be an interesting day. But as I've also stated before, shining a light on things so the public can see what's going on and then making politicians defend the funding/spending in certain areas will be interesting. And I have to wonder if voters will actually hold some of those politicians accountable.

[WuDrWu]

Can't wait to hear the MSM and Dems talk about how all these cuts are driving people out of business and collapsing the economy.

[Atxshoxfan]

Dems are already saying, to many jobs lost and thousands of people will be dying.

[WuDrWu]

I try to be skeptical and take everything I read with a grain of salt and research where I can, when I am interested.

But I saw something on X last night about USAID payments to Nigeria, right before Trump took office. Following the trail is beyond my pay grade, to say the least. But if I grasped a little of it, millions were transferred to an LLC located in Bethesda that were supposed to go Nigerian Aid. And it wasn't the first time.....I think they had tracked over a dozen payments over several years.

Shortly after this information came to light, an X account tied to Nigerian USAID shut down. As if a paper trail is trying to be cleansed. Again, I'm spewing 5 minutes of reading crap and no research. I am just curious if anyone else heard of this or has more information and or research to share.

We need 1 smoking gun of people lining their pockets with tax payer funds to burn this muther****er down.


https://x.com/DavidHundeyin/status/1886502250316546370

[asiseeit]

I'm sure it would boggle the minds of every American if they found out about a lot of stuff like this. So much corruption and the ones screaming the loudest have the most to lose, I'm sure !

[Kung Wu]

And I seriously doubt it's just Dems that are dirty, though I am sure their trails are the most recent and are dirtier at a far greater magnitude.

[SubGod22]

Just saw that the Governor of Oklahoma has created DOGE-OK. I'm all for it. More states should address their own waste.

[SubGod22]

It's amazing how much government money was going to fund news sources. I've seen Politico and the NYT mentioned. I can't verify, but I saw a mention somewhere that Politico didn't issue paychecks to employees after their funding was eliminated. Were they living completely off of taxpayer money?

[SubGod22]

Still a pretty small number, but it's a start.

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[C0|dB|00ded]

I can't take most of the Twitter/TruthSocial posts on here at face value due to the propensity of it being propagandistic trash... or worse.

Let me just say, that whatever costs you are seeing (out of context) that are real, are just part and parcel of being the richest country in the world and all the ensuing diplomacy and sharing of values that occurs. It's no different than what the USSR did. They wanted to infect as much of the world with their values. We are doing the same. Of course DEI initiatives are a signature cause for one party in America, I think most Americans would agree that executing homosexuals is likely wrong. This is just echos of Biden's administration. There's no need for all the screeching and self-immolation. Just cancel the payments and replace them with something under a different name. How about "Trump's Make The World Great Again" initiative.

Regardless, payments to countries for their acceptance of our influence will not stop when you are the richest country in the world. DOGE/MUSK needs to dial it back a little bit. Too Trumpy.

[SubGod22]

The horrendous amount of waste being exposed just shows the absolute violation of taxpayers. Our taxes should not, and never should have been, used for any of these things that have been exposed. A lot of it has been done to line the pockets of politicians and their friends, American or otherwise. It is not, and should not be, on the American taxpayer to prop up other countries and private organizations around the world. Americans have been getting over taxed for decades and that is on both parties.

We shouldn't need to bribe the world to aspire to have more freedom or rights. We should be that beacon of what others aspire to be just by being us. However, our governmental leaders for decades have forgotten all about that and would rather just waste more and more of the hard earned money of the average Joe's and try to make themselves and their friends rich.

I couldn't care about Trump or his ego. Not everything he does is wrong/bad and not everything he does is right/good. Creating DOGE and cleaning things up is the best thing he's ever done. I'm sure it'll be undone by the next president, but at least it's going to expose a lot of waste to Americans and one can hope that enough are paying attention to hold people accountable and ask questions and demand answers.

[C0|dB|00ded]

The horrendous amount of waste being exposed just shows the absolute violation of taxpayers. Our taxes should not, and never should have been, used for any of these things that have been exposed. A lot of it has been done to line the pockets of politicians and their friends, American or otherwise. It is not, and should not be, on the American taxpayer to prop up other countries and private organizations around the world. Americans have been getting over taxed for decades and that is on both parties.

We shouldn't need to bribe the world to aspire to have more freedom or rights. We should be that beacon of what others aspire to be just by being us. However, our governmental leaders for decades have forgotten all about that and would rather just waste more and more of the hard earned money of the average Joe's and try to make themselves and their friends rich.

I couldn't care about Trump or his ego. Not everything he does is wrong/bad and not everything he does is right/good. Creating DOGE and cleaning things up is the best thing he's ever done. I'm sure it'll be undone by the next president, but at least it's going to expose a lot of waste to Americans and one can hope that enough are paying attention to hold people accountable and ask questions and demand answers.

Do you truly think, that there's an organization ANYWHERE where 14,000 jobs could be cut down to 294? In an organization of that size, there would be at least 294 good folks working only in maintenance. This is political euphoria at it's best/worst. Are these public statements designed for adult consumption? Or children.

Yes there's waste in government. Much cannot be avoided though. Wanton and reckless political stunts can have far worse effects in the end, than the original problem they were purported to solve.

We need low-key, strategic labor/budget reconciliation from top to bottom. An ability to cut 5% of the workforce without crippling government affairs would be miraculous. This idea of 14,000 to 294 is just babies babbling. Don't slurp up the Gerber. Be VERY suspicious of public pronouncements coming solely from this administration.

And I give this story 1% more credibility because I like Marco (also known as Little Marco). But he kissed the king's ring long ago. He ain't no fool. He's ridin' the Trump Train all the way to the bank.