Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency deleted over 30 different government contracts from its website’s “Wall of Receipts” this week after a New York Times investigation found them to still be active.
The Times found 44 contracts that DOGE had claimed to end, but were still active.
The 44 contracts accounted for some $220 million of federal spending Musk’s team claimed it had saved.
In late April, the Partnership for Public Service (PSP) found that from the $160 billion DOGE had claimed to save the federal government, some additional $130 billion would need to be spent for paid leave, re-hiring mistakenly fired workers, and lost productivity.
that’s really all they were after. fuck the system up and destroy as much as possible before anyone can stop them…
bonus points if something trashed benefited or supported women, lgbtq, immigrants, or anyone not white and male, in any way.
extra bonus points if campaign mega-donors or the ultra-wealthy or administration officials can personally profit off the destruction.
They definitely were after fucking stuff up. A lot of republicans are after small government and ‘states’ rights’ - they don’t give a shit if musk saves money or not just so long as he dismantles the federal government.