DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data
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@Jolly said in DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data:
Trump spitballing, as usual.
Are you 100% sure it's spit?
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While the White House has claimed some $55 billion in savings so far, itemized documents posted by the group suggest the actual savings are only a fraction of that amount. Sending 20% of the roughly $8.6 billion of DOGE savings the group has so far listed on its website would amount to about $11 per taxpayer.
$11 per tax payer might be affordable.
Re the inflated claims of Doge, I’ve seen some analyses. Some real amateur stuff there, eg canceling an 8B contract that’s in (say) year 6 out of 8 and claiming the full $8B as savings. That kind of thing.
@jon-nyc said in DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data:
While the White House has claimed some $55 billion in savings so far, itemized documents posted by the group suggest the actual savings are only a fraction of that amount. Sending 20% of the roughly $8.6 billion of DOGE savings the group has so far listed on its website would amount to about $11 per taxpayer.
$11 per tax payer might be affordable.
Re the inflated claims of Doge, I’ve seen some analyses. Some real amateur stuff there, eg canceling an 8B contract that’s in (say) year 6 out of 8 and claiming the full $8B as savings. That kind of thing.
I'll take what I can get. Remind me again of how much money we've clawed back since the first Clinton Administration?
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I'd rather they didn't bother giving me the $11. Just let Melania buy herself something nice with it.
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While the White House has claimed some $55 billion in savings so far, itemized documents posted by the group suggest the actual savings are only a fraction of that amount. Sending 20% of the roughly $8.6 billion of DOGE savings the group has so far listed on its website would amount to about $11 per taxpayer.
$11 per tax payer might be affordable.
Re the inflated claims of Doge, I’ve seen some analyses. Some real amateur stuff there, eg canceling an 8B contract that’s in (say) year 6 out of 8 and claiming the full $8B as savings. That kind of thing.
@jon-nyc said in DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data:
While the White House has claimed some $55 billion in savings so far, itemized documents posted by the group suggest the actual savings are only a fraction of that amount. Sending 20% of the roughly $8.6 billion of DOGE savings the group has so far listed on its website would amount to about $11 per taxpayer.
Hey, that’s a dozen eggs…
I think there’s two lists, one is identified abuses and spending that is not in the best interest of the country…
They have identified $55 Billion in waste and fraud, but can only cut $8.6B as much of that is already spent or irrevocably committed. However, the identification of the abuse and waste helps prevent it from becoming a regular line item going forward.
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Where I'm not particularly happy is where I thought I would not be, the foreign relations area.
@Mik said in DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data:
Where I'm not particularly happy is where I thought I would not be, the foreign relations area.
I’ve got my eyes on defense spending…
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Guns or butter.
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the DOGE claim in a recent post on X that it succeeded in selling off a historic Washington, D.C., property that has been boarded up for years.
The historic Webster School building was actually sold at auction in December for $4 million under the Biden administration. Records show that a company called Webster School LLC with members Katie Dang and Hung Tran were the purchasers. The sale appears to have been finalized on Feb. 5, 2025.
