Elon Musk thinks DOGE wasn’t worth it — hundreds of thousands of dead people agree

[Dagoth-Ur]

The MAGA tech billionaire says he wouldn’t work on something like the Department of Government Efficiency. It’s a shame that he ever did.

“Members of DOGE with no government or foreign aid experience — such as 23-year-old computer programmer Luke Farritor or 19-year-old Edward Coristine, who went by “Big Balls” — were responsible for investigating USAID staff for evidence of “insubordination.” This allegation was then weaponized to destroy the entire agency. Musk declared: “USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to die.” The following day, Musk said Trump had given him the authority to feed the agency into the woodchipper.

What a difference a few months can make. Musk has gone from swinging his chainsaw around at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), siccing his DOGE goons on career civil servants and bragging about his power to crush entire agencies to meekly arguing that he was a “little bit successful.”

But DOGE hasn’t just been exposed as a fiasco — it somehow accomplished the twin feats of utterly failing to reduce government spending in any meaningful sense and causing a global calamity at the same time.

DOGE will forever be a cautionary tale: This is what happened when messianic tech oligarchs and political neophytes were temporarily handed the reins of government. They didn’t just fail — they destroyed one of the U.S.’ most important organs of soft power. They made the world sicker, poorer and more miserable. And it was all for nothing.’

Opinion | Elon Musk’s DOGE was worse than pointless — it was deadly

Matt Johnson: The MAGA tech billionaire thinks the Department of Government Efficiency wasn’t worth the trouble — hundreds of thousands of dead people agree.

www.ms.now

“DOGE will forever be a cautionary tale…”

The problem is Republicans won’t learn from that tale, won’t learn from the failure that was ‘DOGE.’

They’ll continue to pursue the same failed, wrongheaded conservative dogma, the same failed, wrongheaded anti-government agenda continuing to harm millions of Americans.

And this is what we call a crazy person.

 

[Dagoth-Ur]

This is a right wing lie.

Cool, proof?

 

[Dagoth-Ur]

Democrats will be back in power as the pendulum always swings in Washington. Question is will voters hold them accountable for steps to guard against waste, fraud and abuse.

Hell ******* no.

 

[LeftofLeft]

no

I agree.

 

[struth]

Other than a brief period after WWII, the United Stetes never came remotely close to providing 40% of the world’s foreign aid.

Indeed, the United States has been well down the list in per capita foreign aid.

The idea that the world owes us something is a long standing isolationist myth. They said the same thing in the 1920’s.

The article in the OP says we were in 2024

Maybe read the article before posting

 

[TimFitz]

Cool, proof?

You made the claim. You prove it.

 

[TimFitz]

The article in the OP says we were in 2024

Maybe read the article before posting

Yes, and if you read the study it was based on,you would have discovered that foreign aid was less than 2% of the Federal budget, significantly down from slightly over 4% in 1964.

 

[Dekster]

They fired a bunch of people and MAGA cheered; they rehired most of them and MAGA picks lint from its bellybutton pretending not to know.

 

[struth]

Yes, and if you read the study it was based on,you would have discovered that foreign aid was less than 2% of the Federal budget, significantly down from slightly over 4% in 1964.

and still, we were covering 40 percent of all aid in the world.....time for other people to step up.

 

[Mac-7]

The MAGA tech billionaire says he wouldn’t work on something like the Department of Government Efficiency. It’s a shame that he ever did.

“Members of DOGE with no government or foreign aid experience — such as 23-year-old computer programmer Luke Farritor or 19-year-old Edward Coristine, who went by “Big Balls” — were responsible for investigating USAID staff for evidence of “insubordination.” This allegation was then weaponized to destroy the entire agency. Musk declared: “USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to die.” The following day, Musk said Trump had given him the authority to feed the agency into the woodchipper.

What a difference a few months can make. Musk has gone from swinging his chainsaw around at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), siccing his DOGE goons on career civil servants and bragging about his power to crush entire agencies to meekly arguing that he was a “little bit successful.”

But DOGE hasn’t just been exposed as a fiasco — it somehow accomplished the twin feats of utterly failing to reduce government spending in any meaningful sense and causing a global calamity at the same time.

DOGE will forever be a cautionary tale: This is what happened when messianic tech oligarchs and political neophytes were temporarily handed the reins of government. They didn’t just fail — they destroyed one of the U.S.’ most important organs of soft power. They made the world sicker, poorer and more miserable. And it was all for nothing.’

Opinion | Elon Musk’s DOGE was worse than pointless — it was deadly

Matt Johnson: The MAGA tech billionaire thinks the Department of Government Efficiency wasn’t worth the trouble — hundreds of thousands of dead people agree.

www.ms.now

“DOGE will forever be a cautionary tale…”

The problem is Republicans won’t learn from that tale, won’t learn from the failure that was ‘DOGE.’

They’ll continue to pursue the same failed, wrongheaded conservative dogma, the same failed, wrongheaded anti-government agenda continuing to harm millions of Americans.

I have not heard Musk say what libs claim he said

Do you have a link to his actual words?

 

[TimFitz]

and still, we were covering 40 percent of all aid in the world.....time for other people to step up.

Not now.

And when we did, we spent way less on it that what people like you tell each other.

 

[TimFitz]

I have not heard Musk say what libs claim he said

Do you have a link to his actual words?

I didn’t either. Which is why I did not comment on the claim.

 

[Mac-7]

I didn’t either. Which is why I did not comment on the claim.

The left and right both post misinformation

I have learned to doublecheck my side as well as yours before I end up with egg on my face

 

[struth]

Not now.

And when we did, we spent way less on it that what people like you tell each other.

today we aren't, because Trump fixed it, Last year we were paying 40 percent according to the OP.

I am thrilled we aren't, paying 40 percent, that is insane one country is having to foot that much of the bill, others need to pay their fair share.

 

[Independent thinker]

The MAGA tech billionaire says he wouldn’t work on something like the Department of Government Efficiency. It’s a shame that he ever did.

“Members of DOGE with no government or foreign aid experience — such as 23-year-old computer programmer Luke Farritor or 19-year-old Edward Coristine, who went by “Big Balls” — were responsible for investigating USAID staff for evidence of “insubordination.” This allegation was then weaponized to destroy the entire agency. Musk declared: “USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to die.” The following day, Musk said Trump had given him the authority to feed the agency into the woodchipper.

What a difference a few months can make. Musk has gone from swinging his chainsaw around at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), siccing his DOGE goons on career civil servants and bragging about his power to crush entire agencies to meekly arguing that he was a “little bit successful.”

But DOGE hasn’t just been exposed as a fiasco — it somehow accomplished the twin feats of utterly failing to reduce government spending in any meaningful sense and causing a global calamity at the same time.

DOGE will forever be a cautionary tale: This is what happened when messianic tech oligarchs and political neophytes were temporarily handed the reins of government. They didn’t just fail — they destroyed one of the U.S.’ most important organs of soft power. They made the world sicker, poorer and more miserable. And it was all for nothing.’

Opinion | Elon Musk’s DOGE was worse than pointless — it was deadly

Matt Johnson: The MAGA tech billionaire thinks the Department of Government Efficiency wasn’t worth the trouble — hundreds of thousands of dead people agree.

www.ms.now

“DOGE will forever be a cautionary tale…”

The problem is Republicans won’t learn from that tale, won’t learn from the failure that was ‘DOGE.’

They’ll continue to pursue the same failed, wrongheaded conservative dogma, the same failed, wrongheaded anti-government agenda continuing to harm millions of Americans.

It's not our job to feed the world with 38 trillion dollars more than we have. And, we shouldn't be blackmailing the hungry in exchange for them becoming wokies.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I have not heard Musk say what libs claim he said

Do you have a link to his actual words?

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Of course they don't.

.

 

[Mac-7]

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Of course they don't.

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I need to hear what Musk says rather than what libs say he said

 

[Lockback]

The MAGA tech billionaire says he wouldn’t work on something like the Department of Government Efficiency. It’s a shame that he ever did.

“Members of DOGE with no government or foreign aid experience — such as 23-year-old computer programmer Luke Farritor or 19-year-old Edward Coristine, who went by “Big Balls” — were responsible for investigating USAID staff for evidence of “insubordination.” This allegation was then weaponized to destroy the entire agency. Musk declared: “USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to die.” The following day, Musk said Trump had given him the authority to feed the agency into the woodchipper.

What a difference a few months can make. Musk has gone from swinging his chainsaw around at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), siccing his DOGE goons on career civil servants and bragging about his power to crush entire agencies to meekly arguing that he was a “little bit successful.”

But DOGE hasn’t just been exposed as a fiasco — it somehow accomplished the twin feats of utterly failing to reduce government spending in any meaningful sense and causing a global calamity at the same time.

DOGE will forever be a cautionary tale: This is what happened when messianic tech oligarchs and political neophytes were temporarily handed the reins of government. They didn’t just fail — they destroyed one of the U.S.’ most important organs of soft power. They made the world sicker, poorer and more miserable. And it was all for nothing.’

Opinion | Elon Musk’s DOGE was worse than pointless — it was deadly

Matt Johnson: The MAGA tech billionaire thinks the Department of Government Efficiency wasn’t worth the trouble — hundreds of thousands of dead people agree.

www.ms.now

“DOGE will forever be a cautionary tale…”

The problem is Republicans won’t learn from that tale, won’t learn from the failure that was ‘DOGE.’

They’ll continue to pursue the same failed, wrongheaded conservative dogma, the same failed, wrongheaded anti-government agenda continuing to harm millions of Americans.

LIAR.

 

[Dagoth-Ur]

You made the claim. You prove it.

No, you made the claim, and can’t back it up.

 

[sealybobo]

The MAGA tech billionaire says he wouldn’t work on something like the Department of Government Efficiency. It’s a shame that he ever did.

“Members of DOGE with no government or foreign aid experience — such as 23-year-old computer programmer Luke Farritor or 19-year-old Edward Coristine, who went by “Big Balls” — were responsible for investigating USAID staff for evidence of “insubordination.” This allegation was then weaponized to destroy the entire agency. Musk declared: “USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to die.” The following day, Musk said Trump had given him the authority to feed the agency into the woodchipper.

What a difference a few months can make. Musk has gone from swinging his chainsaw around at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), siccing his DOGE goons on career civil servants and bragging about his power to crush entire agencies to meekly arguing that he was a “little bit successful.”

But DOGE hasn’t just been exposed as a fiasco — it somehow accomplished the twin feats of utterly failing to reduce government spending in any meaningful sense and causing a global calamity at the same time.

DOGE will forever be a cautionary tale: This is what happened when messianic tech oligarchs and political neophytes were temporarily handed the reins of government. They didn’t just fail — they destroyed one of the U.S.’ most important organs of soft power. They made the world sicker, poorer and more miserable. And it was all for nothing.’

Opinion | Elon Musk’s DOGE was worse than pointless — it was deadly

Matt Johnson: The MAGA tech billionaire thinks the Department of Government Efficiency wasn’t worth the trouble — hundreds of thousands of dead people agree.

www.ms.now

“DOGE will forever be a cautionary tale…”

The problem is Republicans won’t learn from that tale, won’t learn from the failure that was ‘DOGE.’

They’ll continue to pursue the same failed, wrongheaded conservative dogma, the same failed, wrongheaded anti-government agenda continuing to harm millions of Americans.

Lets be clear here. DOGE is a great idea. The next President will have a DOGE too. But it won't use a chainsaw it will use a scalpel.

This White House has cut so many good government programs. If they were sincere they would be DOGE'ing themselves. Do you know how much it cost to change the name to Department of WAR? A billion dollars. The parades? Fixing up the airplane that Trump is taking with him? Is he taking all the gold he put in the White House with him? Who paid for all that?

Trump said he and other rich donors were going to pay for the new Ballroom? Can we verify who's paying for it?

Donald Trump’s White House Ballroom Price Tag Suddenly Massively Jumps Again​

The venue, which the president controversially razed the East Wing to make way for, will now cost $400 million, he revealed during his speech at a White House Hanukkah reception.

Previously, Trump had talked about the construction project price being $250 million, and then $300 million.
“We’re donating a $400 million ballroom,” Trump said, adding another $100 million to the cost.

He continued:
“Myself and donors are giving them, free of charge, for nothing, we’re donating a building that’s approximately 400 millions, I think I’ll do it for less, but it’s 400. I should do it for less. I will do it for less. But just in case, I say 400. Otherwise if I go $3 over, the press will say, ‘It cost more.’ I build under budget and ahead of schedule … always. I know how to build under budget. I build good.”