The Fraudulence of "Waste, Fraud and Abuse"

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huitzitziltzin · 15d ago

Great piece and deserves to be complemented by the time series of daily outlays from the US treasury starting Jan 20 compared to the last two years.

Elon Musk is failing to cut American spending https://economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/02/12/elon-... from The Economist

tl;dr: DOGE is having zero impact on federal spending.

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The Fraudulence of "Waste, Fraud and Abuse"

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