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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,183
    video....


    🎯 🔥 💰 WATCH: Jon Stewart shows Trump, Elon, and their DOGE-bags where the real savings lie — in the subsidies for giant oil/gas/pharma/tech corporations aka “the worst shark tank deal in history” (cc: @mcuban )
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,183
    AP: “Nearly 40% of the federal contracts Trump’s administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money, the administration’s own data shows.” https://apnews.com/article/doge-federal-contracts-canceled-musk-trump-cuts-a65976a725412934ad686389889db0df
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,183

    Breaking:

    WASHINGTON (AP) — 21 civil service employees are resigning from Elon Musk's DOGE, refusing to "dismantle critical public services."
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  • shadowcastshadowcast Posts: 2,298
    mickeyrat said:
    “NPR's analysis found that, of its verifiable work completed so far, DOGE has cut just $2 billion in spending — less than three hundredths of a percent of last fiscal year's federal spending.”
    https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5302705/doge-overstates-savings-federal-contracts
    Have to start somewhere.....Love it!!!! 
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 38,265
    Yeah, you’ll love it until it happens to someone you know. 

    Cheering on the indiscriminate firing of tens of thousands of people is really evil. 
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  • shadowcastshadowcast Posts: 2,298
    mickeyrat said:

    Breaking:

    WASHINGTON (AP) — 21 civil service employees are resigning from Elon Musk's DOGE, refusing to "dismantle critical public services."
    Hit the bricks then......Never thought the Left would become the party of war, censorship and not cutting back spending. But here we are. The left is scrambling right now. They have zero leadership, no plan and just complain about how bad the orange man is. They sound like spoiled children taking their ball and going home. I know so many people that have become Independent over the past 5 years including myself. Some of you might see the light one day but most of you will continue to drink the Kool aid. Get out of your bubble. 
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,183
    shadowcast said:
    mickeyrat said:
    “NPR's analysis found that, of its verifiable work completed so far, DOGE has cut just $2 billion in spending — less than three hundredths of a percent of last fiscal year's federal spending.”
    https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5302705/doge-overstates-savings-federal-contracts
    Have to start somewhere.....Love it!!!! 

    yet the claim is 55 billion.
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  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 38,265
    From the “it’s great until it affects me” file: shithead Jesse Waters has been a DOGE cheerleader until, oh no, it affected one of his friends, so now he wants trump to be less callous in how they cut people: 

    https://newrepublic.com/post/191743/fox-news-jesse-watters-begs-trump-save-friend-cut-doge
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  • shadowcastshadowcast Posts: 2,298
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Yeah, you’ll love it until it happens to someone you know. 

    Cheering on the indiscriminate firing of tens of thousands of people is really evil. 
    We have to cut back spending. If the dollar loses value we are alllllll screwed. Most were given the simple task of 5 bullet points of what they did last week. If you cannot answer that question good riddance. If you owned a company and people were not doing their jobs you would fire them as well. We are paying their salaries our tax money. Get your ass back in the office and get to work to help out your fellow Americans. 
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 38,265
    shadowcast said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Yeah, you’ll love it until it happens to someone you know. 

    Cheering on the indiscriminate firing of tens of thousands of people is really evil. 
    We have to cut back spending. If the dollar loses value we are alllllll screwed. Most were given the simple task of 5 bullet points of what they did last week. If you cannot answer that question good riddance. If you owned a company and people were not doing their jobs you would fire them as well. We are paying their salaries our tax money. Get your ass back in the office and get to work to help out your fellow Americans. 
    Look up “indiscriminate”. Of course spending is out of control. But what they are cutting is not what should be cut. And you talk about others drinking the kool aid? Seriously?
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,183
    send me what you do on an unsecured email domain. ripe for the picking. clueless.
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  • tbergstbergs Posts: 10,107
    Hey Shadows, send me an email with your highlights of accomplishments for posting on the AMT for last week by midnight and I'll decide if it meets some invisible threshhold I'll create in order for you to keep posting here. Sound stupid? Apply it to thousands of government workers and add in the caveat of not having a clue what any of them actually even do for their job.

    Easily one of the dumbest things done by this admin....yet.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,329
    shadowcast said:
    mickeyrat said:

    Breaking:

    WASHINGTON (AP) — 21 civil service employees are resigning from Elon Musk's DOGE, refusing to "dismantle critical public services."
    Hit the bricks then......Never thought the Left would become the party of war, censorship and not cutting back spending. But here we are. The left is scrambling right now. They have zero leadership, no plan and just complain about how bad the orange man is. They sound like spoiled children taking their ball and going home. I know so many people that have become Independent over the past 5 years including myself. Some of you might see the light one day but most of you will continue to drink the Kool aid. Get out of your bubble. 
    You’re a hoot. Guess how many of Trump’s EOs are on hold because of the courts? Those judges must be whiney babies. 
  • DE4173DE4173 Posts: 1,379
    mickeyrat said:

    AI because of previously listed reasons:

    Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax in 2024, despite reporting $2.3 billion in U.S. income. This information comes from Tesla’s year-end financial report, as noted by various sources including the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). The company utilized legal tax strategies such as accelerated depreciation, tax credits, and net operating loss carryforwards to reduce its federal tax liability to zero for that year.

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  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,046
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    shadowcast said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Yeah, you’ll love it until it happens to someone you know. 

    Cheering on the indiscriminate firing of tens of thousands of people is really evil. 
    We have to cut back spending. If the dollar loses value we are alllllll screwed. Most were given the simple task of 5 bullet points of what they did last week. If you cannot answer that question good riddance. If you owned a company and people were not doing their jobs you would fire them as well. We are paying their salaries our tax money. Get your ass back in the office and get to work to help out your fellow Americans. 
    Look up “indiscriminate”. Of course spending is out of control. But what they are cutting is not what should be cut. And you talk about others drinking the kool aid? Seriously?
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  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,095
    shadowcast said:
    mickeyrat said:
    “NPR's analysis found that, of its verifiable work completed so far, DOGE has cut just $2 billion in spending — less than three hundredths of a percent of last fiscal year's federal spending.”
    https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5302705/doge-overstates-savings-federal-contracts
    Have to start somewhere.....Love it!!!! 
    There is a ton of waste, and I get that they need to move quickly to effect real change as Trump will be a lame duck after the mid-terms, but it is a terrible way to treat people.  I get that they may lose their jobs ultimately and I'm sure some jobs aren't necessary anymore, but they should do it in a more thoughtful way.  

    When people I talk to are mad that the US sends money overseas, I just say it is the cost of being able to buy a t-shirt at Wal-Mart for $5.  Sure, USAID might send money to a poor country, but chances are we in the US are benefiting from some sort of cheap export from there.
  • OnWis97OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,373
    edited February 25
    ...And even if we don't care about how we treat people (which, obviously, Elon has nothing but contempt for almost all people), it's an irresponsible approach anyway. He and his team know nothing about how the federal government runs. And at some point a hasty cut is going to make things worse in ways that he (or even those that understand) won't see coming.
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,183
    seems to me the thing to do , is early retirement packages,  see where that gets you first. bring in their replacements (already there as probationaries?) they have a much lower wage rate , so savings off the jump bit dont sacrifice services
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,183
    DOGE is editing the DODd “Auto-RIF” software to remove Veteran’s superior status and to remove Civil Service protections under the law that Trump will remove by Executive Order. https://www.wired.com/story/doge-autorif-mass-firing-government-workers/
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  • VitalogensiaVitalogensia Posts: 2,079
    To think people believe a list of five bullet points is an effective way to assess function and worth is pretty funny. Everyone from an admin assistant to a senior scientist; it’s comical, in a “I don’t understand how work works” sort of way. 
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  • shadowcastshadowcast Posts: 2,298
    Vitalogensia said:
    To think people believe a list of five bullet points is an effective way to assess function and worth is pretty funny. Everyone from an admin assistant to a senior scientist; it’s comical, in a “I don’t understand how work works” sort of way. 
    Its a test to see who's paying attention and who's working. Its to check if these people have a pulse. HELLO!!!!
  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,329
    shadowcast said:
    Vitalogensia said:
    To think people believe a list of five bullet points is an effective way to assess function and worth is pretty funny. Everyone from an admin assistant to a senior scientist; it’s comical, in a “I don’t understand how work works” sort of way. 
    Its a test to see who's paying attention and who's working. Its to check if these people have a pulse. HELLO!!!!
    They only can function when a large enough segment of the population is gullible. 
  • VitalogensiaVitalogensia Posts: 2,079
    shadowcast said:
    Vitalogensia said:
    To think people believe a list of five bullet points is an effective way to assess function and worth is pretty funny. Everyone from an admin assistant to a senior scientist; it’s comical, in a “I don’t understand how work works” sort of way. 
    Its a test to see who's paying attention and who's working. Its to check if these people have a pulse. HELLO!!!!
    Sure it is, sure. 
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  • tbergstbergs Posts: 10,107
    A testament to if you're working is if you respond to an email unrelated to the job you're paid to do? 🤔 
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 38,265
    shadowcast said:
    Vitalogensia said:
    To think people believe a list of five bullet points is an effective way to assess function and worth is pretty funny. Everyone from an admin assistant to a senior scientist; it’s comical, in a “I don’t understand how work works” sort of way. 
    Its a test to see who's paying attention and who's working. Its to check if these people have a pulse. HELLO!!!!
    you think there's a bunch of dead people working in the government? 
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 40,207
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    shadowcast said:
    Vitalogensia said:
    To think people believe a list of five bullet points is an effective way to assess function and worth is pretty funny. Everyone from an admin assistant to a senior scientist; it’s comical, in a “I don’t understand how work works” sort of way. 
    Its a test to see who's paying attention and who's working. Its to check if these people have a pulse. HELLO!!!!
    you think there's a bunch of dead people working in the government? 
    When you live to 150 and collect social security from age 65 on, anything is possible.
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,183

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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,183
    glad he moved to threads too as its easier to share his videos....


    PLEASE DONT FIRE ME PRESIDENT MUSK
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 42,183

    New: Elon Musk is presiding over DOGE from the Secretary of War's suite in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, using a gaming computer (plugged into a power strip in middle of the room) and keyboard with rainbow LEDs. The Wifi settings were recently changed to better accommodate personal devices. Cybersecurity and privacy worries abound.

    STORY: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/25/elon-musk-doge-data-privacy-security/
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