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R: "But, Master Vegetable, We Just Don't Get Math. We're Congenital Rubes."
By Blackvegetable
Yesterday 4:56 am in Peanut Gallery
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French: So, what is your best estimate about the DOGE savings right now? Riedl: Perhaps $2 billion, which they claim is $55 billion. Even that $2 billion may not ultimately happen because technically speaking, DOGE cannot impound and unilaterally reduce federal spending. Any spending cuts legally have to be reprogrammed elsewhere unless Congress goes in and reduces the spending levels. So right now I would say DOGE has saved $2 billion, which, to put it in context, is one-thirty-fifth of 1 percent of the federal budget, otherwise known as budget dust.
....French: The implication of what you’re saying is that DOGE is causing an awful lot of disruption to federal operations without doing anything material to address the long-term fiscal challenge America is facing.
Riedl: I would call what DOGE is doing “government spending-cut theater.” The targets they’re going after are not where the money is. D.E.I. contracts, Politico Pro subscriptions, federal employees, foreign aid. Some of it is essentially a rounding error, but they are targets that hit a lot of cultural touchstones for a lot of conservatives. DOGE is really a distraction from the spending increases and tax cuts Congress is really doing right now.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/opin ... -doge.html
Et tu, Manhattan Institute?
I think someone already called out this bit of performance art.
"We're gonna get $5,000!"
So **** g'ddammned stupid
....French: The implication of what you’re saying is that DOGE is causing an awful lot of disruption to federal operations without doing anything material to address the long-term fiscal challenge America is facing.
Riedl: I would call what DOGE is doing “government spending-cut theater.” The targets they’re going after are not where the money is. D.E.I. contracts, Politico Pro subscriptions, federal employees, foreign aid. Some of it is essentially a rounding error, but they are targets that hit a lot of cultural touchstones for a lot of conservatives. DOGE is really a distraction from the spending increases and tax cuts Congress is really doing right now.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/opin ... -doge.html
Et tu, Manhattan Institute?
I think someone already called out this bit of performance art.
"We're gonna get $5,000!"
So **** g'ddammned stupid
Democrats can't tell the difference between a man and a womanJohnnyYou » 11 minutes ago » wrote: ↑ Betsy Devos couldn't find her boat if it was between her legs.
These idiots want to abandon a National Education Strategy as AI gets smarter than us at an incredible rate. When she wakes up we'll be watching Skynet.
They were even asked
brown, who are these people? TDSers or DOGE heads?Blackvegetable » Today, 5:56 am » wrote: ↑ French: So, what is your best estimate about the DOGE savings right now?
Riedl: Perhaps $2 billion, which they claim is $55 billion. Even that $2 billion may not ultimately happen because technically speaking, DOGE cannot impound and unilaterally reduce federal spending. Any spending cuts legally have to be reprogrammed elsewhere unless Congress goes in and reduces the spending levels. So right now I would say DOGE has saved $2 billion, which, to put it in context, is one-thirty-fifth of 1 percent of the federal budget, otherwise known as budget dust.
....French: The implication of what you’re saying is that DOGE is causing an awful lot of disruption to federal operations without doing anything material to address the long-term fiscal challenge America is facing.
Riedl: I would call what DOGE is doing “government spending-cut theater.” The targets they’re going after are not where the money is. D.E.I. contracts, Politico Pro subscriptions, federal employees, foreign aid. Some of it is essentially a rounding error, but they are targets that hit a lot of cultural touchstones for a lot of conservatives. DOGE is really a distraction from the spending increases and tax cuts Congress is really doing right now.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/opin ... -doge.html
Et tu, Manhattan Institute?
I think someone already called out this bit of performance art.
"We're gonna get $5,000!"
So **** g'ddammned stupid
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime”
LAVRENTIY BERIA
"Try to get past your passionate ignorance and learn to accept what actually happened."
brown's unheeded words of wisdom 
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