Not so fast.
Elon Musk recently said that DOGE was only “a little bit successful” and that he wouldn’t do it again. The evidence supports Musk’s judgment. DOGE had no noticeable effect on the trajectory of spending.
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Musk is exactly right. DOGE could have been much more successful if the agencies did not fight back.
“A little bit successful” is a giant step forward.
Spending still went up but OK we get it you worship at his alter too and you seem to be OK with 500 million Americans data being stolen by the DOGE team.
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What is the matter with you with the:
“worship at his alter ego”
Are you five? You want a real discussion? Don’t go there.
To have a discussion you would need to step away from the alter of your hero worship and see actual facts as they are. But its OK your not ready.
The grown ups will be here when you are.
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Did you not see this ???
In fiscal year 2026 we have already added
1 trillion to the debt. Not millions, not billions, but a trillion in 5 months.
Get it now ?
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Weird he cheers it like a win, but even Musk said he wouldn’t do it again and the administration disbanned it, becaue there was no stop in spending, its actually gone up.
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That would be great if DOGE actually accomplished that.
That’s the key, spending went up and that had nothing to do with agencies fighting back. The President & Congress didn’t cut spending overall. So if they saved by cutting x, they only turned around and spent it on y plus more on z.
There was plenty of questionable spending that happened under DOGE’s nose, including the questionable no bid contracts given out by DHS for advertising campaigns. Not failing to mention the questionable contracts to purchase aircraft or the new branded fleet vehicles that are sitting idle. I also don’t believe they did anything significant to truly review and reign in any credit card spending, although it was discussed.
Also recently brought to light is the Pentagon’s “use it or lose it” spending which is something every department does and is absolutely ripe for waste and abuse. Other than getting rid of that “use it or lose it” system, I’m not quite sure how to properly attack it.
In my opinion, DOGE really only targeted the political opportunities that would garner news(DEI, Foreign AID) while ignoring the big and boring areas they could have had a great impact such as consolidating and selling off excess office space.
Not to mention, it really didn’t help any cause in fighting fraud or waste when there were mass firings across the various Inspector General offices - where their entire purpose is to investigate and fight fraud & waste and they typically have law enforcement authority to do so.
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It was always performative political theater with a goal of mass transferring personal data to private companies.
But it convinced a certain zip code poster and other red hat wearing voters that it was brilliant.
Someone is soft.
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Facts will clearly tell you that $B’s were indeed saved.
Keep insulting posters that do not agree with you. You keep doing it because you are getting away with it.
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From ChatGPT
| Category | Amount |
|---|---|
| DOGE claimed savings | ~$215B |
| Likely verifiable savings | ~$1B–$10B range |
| Original target | up to $1–2 trillion |
| Federal budget impact | small |
I’m underwhelmed with those results considering the maximum chaos that ensued. If the results were better and it was actually achieving meaningful cost reductions, DOGE would still be active.
However, this thread was truly about our Social Security data being stolen by a DOGE staffer. The shameful lack of oversight of DOGE allowed this theft to happen. This theft is very likely putting every single one of us in potential harm’s way for future identity theft, fraud, etc. Anyone affected will spend out of our own pockets to deal with, as well as the federal, state & local tax dollars to respond any incidents. This person, and anyone who enabled him, belong in jail. Just like the IRS contractor that leaked DJT’s tax returns.
This isn’t a case of having to break a few eggs to make an omelet. Its a letting the fox in the chicken coop.
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remember when DOGE fired whole divisions of government staff and then had to hire them back because they didn’t understand what those divisions did was mission critical? lol good times… what a success!!
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Underwhelmed?
A penny saved is a major accomplishment. Enough of frivolous spending. I have been dealing with public agencies for 30 years. You would not believe some of the public spending that goes on. This frivolous spending opens the door for $B’s corruption like you have in Minnesota or California.
Ok, sure.
Except DOGE didn’t stop it, we are spending more now today than we did before DOGE.
Like $220 Million on no bid advertising contracts to hand picked contractors who’s subcontractors just happen to have ties to the department issuing the contracts? No, I believe it totally.
How do you feel about this guy who stole social security data under the guise of his employment at DOGE? How do you feel about the lack of supervision that allowed it to happen?
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Who exactly did I insult? Or did my comment simply strike a nerve?
When I point out that Elon would not do it again and the savings are marginal at best, and did not curb spending, those are simply facts you just don’t like. I am sorry your allergic to facts.
We should all be outraged at the chaos and stolen data that occurred under DOGE, and not celebrating it.
And look at some of the frivolous spending recently reported. That’s definitely not gone.
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Exactly. And we may never know the true cost of these “cuts” - saving a dollar today that costs twice that to rectify what was broken makes the kind of sense that doesn’t.
The idea behind it was sound - I’ve been through similar efforts on a corporate level, some of which were well-executed and made a huge difference to the bottom line. But firing a bunch of people and disbanding departments without understanding the impacts ALWAYS ends up costing more in the long run. Every time.
And to the point of this thread, any such effort that exposed employees’ personal information due to a lack of oversight, controls, and care would render the entire effort a failure.
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Agree, I love the idea.
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