Department of Government Efficiency

[Joe_K]

I would hardly call two people being assigned to a new oversight agency as counterproductive. Unless someone here has a better idea of what existing government oversight agency should instead have been utilized to reduce the sludge.

[Bailey Guns]

Elizabeth Warren made some snarky remark about the irony of having a department of efficiency with two people doing the job one person should be able to do. I think everyone knows she's a moron.

I'll be surprised if Musk takes a paycheck...like Trump in his first term. Either way, I think the benefits of having these two in charge will far, far outweigh the expense of hiring both of them to run the department.

[brutal]

If they can cut the $1T in fraud, and the wasteful needless grant money that goes out for things like studying the effect of gin vs vodka for sunfish, I'm all for it.

We can start by firing 80K IRS agents, slashing the EPA boondoggle, Dept of Education, etc.

[BushMasterBoy]

It is my understanding that trillions have been spent covering this up. So when do I fly the spacecraft?

[Clint45]

It is my understanding that trillions have been spent covering this up. So when do I fly the spacecraft?

That coverup goes back to the 1940s and remains ongoing. They are unlikely ever to release that data and continue to gaslight the public.

First of all, there are no "spacecraft." Roswell was a PSYOP, there is zero indication of extraterrestrial origin, we have never recovered any "debris" and never will.

This is a 5th dimensional phenomenon.

[hollohas]

2.5M federal employees, yeah, there's plenty of room to cut. Just like when a company that's losing money, it's time the US gov had massive layoffs to save money.

The average salary for federal employees is $100k according to the OPM.

Layoff 20%, save $50B per year.

Doesn't make a big dent in the $2T deficit, but it's a start.

[Great-Kazoo]

I see there is still a lot of butt hurt and TDS on the forum, not willing to consider new ideas or give anything a chance.

I?ve been working for the Federal Government for a bit now, have held mid level management positions (self demoted because of the dirty business). When you have multiple departments just within one geographical portion of the agency spending 10?s of thousands of dollars on bullshit at the end of the year, just so congress doesn?t cut their budget for the following year, I have a huge problem with that, and if we can get some form of checks and balances, I?m all for it.


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Having worked for the state, i agree. They find more ways to waste time and $$ doing what we'd consider simple task.

2.5M federal employees, yeah, there's plenty of room to cut. Just like when a company that's losing money, it's time the US gov had massive layoffs to save money.

The average salary for federal employees is $100k according to the OPM.

Layoff 20%, save $50B per year.

Doesn't make a big dent in the $2T deficit, but it's a start.

As i've said before. If their non-essential employees, they're also better off elsewhere.

[eddiememphis]

None of it will amount to a thing compared to the big three- Social Security (1.3T), Medicare and Medicaid (1.7T) and welfare (780B), and no one is willing to touch those entitlement programs.

National defense could surely use a trimming (820B) but as what cost?

Total Federal payroll is around 280B so even firing everyone would do very little to affect the 6.75T spending.


*Edited the social security and medicare numbers from B toT

[arbol]

None of it will amount to a thing compared to the big three- Social Security (1.3B), Medicare and Medicaid (1.7B) and welfare (780B), and no one is willing to touch those entitlement programs.

National defense could surely use a trimming (820B) but as what cost?

Total Federal payroll is around 280B so even firing everyone would do very little to affect the 6.75T spending.

Big 5 now... the interest on the debt being one of them...

https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/amer...ing-categories

-John

[hurley842002]

None of it will amount to a thing compared to the big three- Social Security (1.3B), Medicare and Medicaid (1.7B) and welfare (780B), and no one is willing to touch those entitlement programs.

National defense could surely use a trimming (820B) but as what cost?

Total Federal payroll is around 280B so even firing everyone would do very little to affect the 6.75T spending.

Screw it, I guess we just keep spending like we have been. Some of you won?t be happy no matter what.


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