Re: Bummer: 21 DOGE staffers resign

On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:30:43 -0700, Retrograde
<fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

I can see the government has got a lot of slackers on the
payroll.

One is looking the wrong way, btw
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We Found the $2 Trillion

Elon Musk wants to cut government spending. But the waste in the
system goes to elites like him. Here's a better way to bring down
deficits.

January 27, 2025
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But the focus on federal spending could also teach Americans how their
government really works. I've tallied up the savings from redesigning
a handful of policies to improve effectiveness, and you really could
find $2 trillion in net annual federal outlays, with no direct impact
on the most vulnerable. The key lies in knowing where to look:
profit-hungry contractors, privatized boondoggles, systemic
overpayments, and a mountain of tax avoidance.

The world's richest man, himself a serial tax evader and one of the
nation's biggest federal contractors, isn't likely to touch any of
this.

https://prospect.org/economy/2025-01-27-we-found-the-2-trillion-elon-musk-doge/

As I said before, IRS should use AI to find the tax cheats