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Not to mention they're not putting in any of the tax dollars that fund the government programs they call "waste" and "abuse". That's our money, already spent and paid for.

Amen

Notice how every single program, agency, leadership role & Congressional mandate 47/ Doge destroys, defunds, removes experienced labor, and claims waste, fraud & abuse benefits 47 or other billionaires?

Not to mention that the whole DOGE thing has failed to find much savings (2 trillion promised, 150 billion found) and those are completely overwhelmed by the COSTS of the cuts.

I hadn't considered that good point

Yup and "efficiency" is more profits straight to their wallets, not better service/goods.

I'm of the opinion that every cut made to government is to allow some opportunist to jump in a make money.

Waste = money not going straight into Elon's pockets.

So true…!

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Few get this. The government takes about 30% back from the nominal pay. So, actual costs are lower. This pay is then taxed at the state, local and sales taxes even. What is left gets spent pretty well in town across America. So, the game is not that things do not need to be done, it is profit.

Excellent!!!

Why is this such a heavy lift for so many Americans to understand

The second i heard them use the word “waste” with no definition of what that entails, nothing else they had to say about their goals mattered. ‘Waste’ by definition is subjective and does not always mean ‘bad’. I mean, even cow dung and table scraps are useful for fertilizer and compost.

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What America is waking up to is class consciousness. Basically what people and corporations will do if un-constrained by government. They will take away everything you have in order to make you beg for their money in return for anything they choose.

That’s the bottom line for sure. But I’d add factual record keeping and accountability resources to the “waste category”.

the purpose of government is to serve its people. money hungry jerks seem to forget that.

It’s the Ferengi/Dick Cheney logic: To not profit is a sin

That is the CEO Tax.

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N.B. Some would say early stage fascism does so as well, cf. 47s moves on large private actors (IT and media) central to taking and holding power.

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Well put. That’s exactly what is objectionable to them.

“Waste” is like oil company subsidies

the war against any inkling of the common good is… …

Profit is efficiency leaving the private sector.

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This

@citationspod.bsky.social literally did the history of this on their latest episode .

Someone please look at all the thievery happening now. Trump is spending money that has not been congressionally allocated - $6 million to El Salvador or $12 million to El Salvador. No one is sure. He's been moving money around like a three card monte grifter.

Also remember that the oligarchs are going after state controlled resources as a means to more income because they lack the imagination to do it within the confines of a Democracy. We have pretty mid industrialists.

People try making some argument about private being inherently better, and it just is not.

if you want a good example of why private doesn't work, look at commercial air travel. airlines are racing to the bottom. passenger service quality consistently drops. they have zero interest in providing value for the money, or a positive service, regardless of their marketing blather.

Government is designed to have redundant systems built into it so that the system will work well almost 100% of the time with far less risk. Private companies are willing to take the risks that come with something working only 60-70% of the time. Like we want the FAA to maintain safety at 💯, right?

There we go. Say it again!

I have yet to hear about any tax cuts for the poors with all this "waste" their stopping. Hmmm? Where's that savings going then?

Inefficiency is not exclusive to government. But massive profit taking always makes things less affordable.

Yes! Exactly!

and the place with the most legitimate waste & fraud is DoD

Thank you.

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Precisely exactly right on the mark and bingo.

Obviously this Admin has a clear agenda to ruin our Country as we know it, flawed as it may be...

this is correct

Or like how people massively over-estimate benefit fraud and equally massively under-estimate wage theft.

500k class for 300k people is less than coffee and donut expenses at corporations.

There is power in the ability to work without being a slave to profit. I've done environmental cleanup for over 25 years, and never once have I had to worry about making someone else money.

It was government waste that pulled the country out of The Great Depression.

This isnt true, but it is true that govts arent supposed to be run like businesses so I take your point

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Correct. Inefficient government services are generally due to crony capitalism.

don't measure, go by gut feeling, do your assessment with no data and guidance, long live King capitalism. People need to believe in shared things and inter dependence. Nobody is working toward this end.

I suspect even the DOGE neonates have realised that, which is why no 'savings' are being made - the 'waste' is still haemorrhaging out.

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Perfection

And that they would charge 2x for.

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The middleman cut

Let’s get to the bottom of that!

Exactly: all these private companies overcharging the government for goods and services do so willingly, even gleefully.

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Exactly.

Lots of government contracts

Also when they say "efficiency" they just mean what proportion - of anything - is going into their pockets.

It's cause they're the baddies but yeah

I once watched someone say that public water services are a waste of taxpayer money, not seeming to comprehend that what is inefficient and corrupt when a government does it is standard business practice in the private sector, so you should make it punishable to make bank from necessities

Predamncisely

Good point

According to billionaires, there are two kinds of government spending: * money spent on billionaires * "waste."

I understand there can be waste, but the whole point of government to my understanding. Is to help its citizens, not punish them

And $$$ to the shareholders.

I keep saying a work stoppage for the whole country 24 hours no work!