DOGE claims cuts have saved whopping $115B
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h/t @wtg :
The Pentagon owns 145 golf courses. As Trump cuts key government services, we found it aims to spend on sand traps and clubhouses.
Trump is just going to spend the money on golf courses anyway.
@Axtremus said in DOGE claims cuts have saved whopping $115B:
Trump is just going to spend the money on golf courses anyway.
Military life is just one big country club resort lifestyle.
That is one of the expected benefits, you really can't cut it.
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@Axtremus said in DOGE claims cuts have saved whopping $115B:
Trump is just going to spend the money on golf courses anyway.
Military life is just one big country club resort lifestyle.
That is one of the expected benefits, you really can't cut it.
@Copper said in DOGE claims cuts have saved whopping $115B:
Military life is just one big country club resort lifestyle.
For the officers.
Of course, they're supposed to lead and be the first to die. The lieutenants, anyway.
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@Copper said in DOGE claims cuts have saved whopping $115B:
Military life is just one big country club resort lifestyle.
For the officers.
Of course, they're supposed to lead and be the first to die. The lieutenants, anyway.
@Jolly said in DOGE claims cuts have saved whopping $115B:
@Copper said in DOGE claims cuts have saved whopping $115B:
Military life is just one big country club resort lifestyle.
For the officers.
Of course, they're supposed to lead and be the first to die. The lieutenants, anyway.
I say that, but I have a friend who was a sergeant at Ia Drang. He said the NVA sure were trying to kill him.
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I actually supported the idea in the beginning. Government efficiency (IMO there should be a Financial Efficiency officer in each agency focused on cutting waste, detecting fraud, and incentivizing coming in under budget), but once it became clear DOGE is almost all fake, I’ve lost faith.
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If you think of it as an ideological purge rather than a cost savings initiative it makes more sense.
@jon-nyc How would you justify that framing? It's true that DEI jobs have no value to the government, so they would be prime candidates for job cuts. But, I doubt as a percentage of cuts attributable to DOGE, that DEI positions are a meaningful %. And we know the retirement buyout offers weren't targeted, ideologically or otherwise.
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Sorry, the captions did not post. Not sure why. The above graph is federal spending starting Jan 20 for 2023 (gray line), 2024 (light green line) and 2025 (dark green line).
Federal spending is UP USD$154 BILLION compared to the previous two years at teh same time. Of course, maybe it is early in the process....................
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https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-doge-government-spending-increases-5903992d -
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/doge-fired-workers-rehired
Trump administration scrambles to rehire key federal workers after DOGE firings
Federal agencies are rehiring and ordering back from leave some of the employees who were laid off in the weeks after President Donald Trump took office as they scramble to fill critical gaps in services left by the Department of Government Efficiency-led effort to shrink the federal workforce.
Wonder if @NobodySock is doing anything differently.
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Updating my above graph through today. 2025 is still running higher than previous years.
