It was not 'wasted' in the sense of waste. The $21.7B was completely intended to cause utter chaos, and get federal employees to leave in droves. And that was utterly successful.
Why would they want employees to leave? Cause under normal circumstances, they're effectively unfirable.
Now, do you know who is hiring? Federal contractors. Go look. They have tons of jobs available. Remote too. And those companies make 100% of the salary listed as profit.
text0404 · 1h ago
for a lot of folks who go into civil service, the main motivation is not money or remote work but rather the mission.
bananapub · 26m ago
yes, so it is Trump policy to have the federal government cost more by paying for more contractors, as well as perform it's functions worse.
duxup · 1h ago
>Of the alleged $21.7 billion in waste generated by DOGE, the report says the bulk of that — $14.8 billion — went toward the “Deferred Resignation Program” that is “paying approximately 200,000 employees not to work for up to eight months.” It says another $6.1 billion of that waste was designated “for over 100,000 employees” who have been fired or are in the process of being fired, “many of whom were paid to not do their jobs for weeks or months.”
It's sad how often folks who take things to an extreme without any thought about it become exactly what they complain about.
Why would they want employees to leave? Cause under normal circumstances, they're effectively unfirable.
Now, do you know who is hiring? Federal contractors. Go look. They have tons of jobs available. Remote too. And those companies make 100% of the salary listed as profit.
It's sad how often folks who take things to an extreme without any thought about it become exactly what they complain about.