$2 Trillion
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (95641)
United States
February 12, 2025 8:57am CST
That's what DOGE is seeking to find. $2 trillion worth of cost savings to the American public by looking for waste, fraud and abuse at taxpayers expense. While many are arguing "loss of services," what is being targeted are NOT essential services or programs, but frivolous ones that waste taxpayer money and serve no useful purpose for the American citizens who pay for them.
DOGE, very simply put, is simple common sense. It's OUR money. Not only should we want it to be spent purposefully and wisely, we should not want it wasted, and we should not want it sent outside the country for certain causes and people who have nothing to do with the United States or our interests.
When you start to see where this money is actually going, it's enough to make your blood boil. Is any of it going to child hunger causes, battling poverty, improving infrastructure, or anything important?
No. It's not. The money being targeted is simply being wasted on stupid and foolish things.
If you think about how much $2 trillion is worth to you, consider it this way. There are roughly 350 million people in America. That's $5,741 for every single American. That's nearly $6,000 you will send to the government to fund all of these frivolous things.
Do YOU have $6,000 to blow? If not, why are you so willing to give it to the government by force to waste FOR you? And why in the WORLD would anyone be angry at someone SAVING you $6,000?
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@FourWalls (71189)
• United States
13h
There’s been waste as long as there’s been a federal government. Look up William Proxmire and his “Golden Fleece Award.”
BTW, exactly HOW is badgering longtime allies like Canada and Greenland saving us money???
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@porwest (95641)
• United States
9h
Can I just say duh? What's your point? And Trump is looking into and trying to reverse some of it. He's the ONLY president in American history to ever do that. Granted, it's too soon to call it a success. But you have to give him credit for DOING something about it.
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@FourWalls (71189)
• United States
9h
@porwest — my point is if he’d stop the stupid $#!+ he might have a lot more cooperation. We have a dozen territories and the District of Columbia that he can make states without infringement on the sovereignty of another nation. How would YOU like it if King Charles declared that he was going to reclaim America as part of the British empire?
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@porwest (95641)
• United States
9h
A hot mess in what way? So far it is estimated that DOGE is finding $1 billion a day. I mean, did you know FEMA spent $59 million on hotels for illegals? What does that have to do with disaster relief? USAID paid $20 million for Sesame Street programming in Iraq and $2 million to Guatemala for trans surgeries. How does this help America? How does it improve education? Reduce poverty? Or take care of American interests?
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@lovebuglena (45335)
• Staten Island, New York
13h
Musk is doing a great job cleaning up all that waste. And he is not even getting paid for it.
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@porwest (95641)
• United States
9h
@NJChicaa You forgot the word "unfairly." Musk's companies were being regulated for his political views. Why weren't they regulating him and going after him UNTIL he started espousing conservative views? Explain that one. When Musk was on their side they were happy to have him on board. Only when he switched sides did they decide to go at him.
@porwest (95641)
• United States
9h
Granted, Musk's a bit of a goofball. I have always said that about him. He's awkward, and a little weird, even. But hey, you have to give the guy cred for his intelligence, his business sense, and lately, his common sense. He's going to have great success with DOGE and I think taxpayers will thank him when his job is complete.
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@andriaperry (118163)
• Anniston, Alabama
13h
Cleaning up the mess that's been there for ages.
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@LooeyVille (47)
• United States
12h
Hooray for DOGE! Save taxpayer money for what really counts for Americans!
@lilacskies (1600)
• United States
10h
If each American is saving $6000, then that's good news for us.
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@porwest (95641)
• United States
8h
@lilacskies I doubt we will get a refund. The government still has a lot of debt. All we're trying to do is reduce it, add less to it, and make government more efficient. One day it MIGHT mean we pay less taxes because of course, if we're not wasting all this money, they won't need to keep on collecting it. I don't care if I ever get the money back. I just look forward to them asking for me to pay less instead of more in the future.
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@lilacskies (1600)
• United States
9h
@porwest I sure hope we see this money. American money is leaving the country paying for useless things in foreign countries that don't even care about America instead of staying in the country and making it a better place for Americans.
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