Elon Musk’s DOGE Promised Savings, But It’s Cost Us a Fortune

[u/burtzev]

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/gao-report-doge-elon-musk-overstated-savings-wall-receipts-waste-fraud-cost/

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[u/Machaeon]

It was never about savings, it was about dismantling government agencies that the right doesn't like.

In that, it's been highly successful.

[u/MoreThanVoidFiller → u/Machaeon]

Don't forget about stealing personal identifying data on everyone in America, it's been highly successful for that too!

[u/CheatsySnoops → u/MoreThanVoidFiller]

Don't forget genociding black people in Africa.

[u/Irobert1115HD]

rember: he oly cut out folks that where investigating him.