They fear the DOGE, apparently

[Diogenes]

According to multiple sources at yesterday’s DOGE meeting with House Republicans and a handful of Senators, nearly everyone got up to speak about how awesome it would be to tackle government waste. Members were eager to jump on the new “government efficiency” bandwagon, even the swampiest of swamp creatures.

At the end, @chiproytx, apparently got up and told everyone that it sounded great but that it was time to be honest with themselves.

That two-thirds of the room, including many of the speakers, had voted for all the omnibuses and CRs and supplementals that created the completely out of control bureaucracy that is harming the country.

He said they'd met the enemy, and it was right there in the auditorium, and they all should collectively acknowledge the problem and agree they were not going to do that kind of thing any more.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1865098632258547953

 

[Diogenes]

$1 billion is wasted *every month* on ineligible SNAP (food stamp) benefits.

Overpayments occur when states allow recipients to continue receiving benefits despite incomes that should disqualify them.

Other times, fraudsters collect benefits from multiple states due to lack of coordination.

Eliminating waste & fraud in SNAP would save billions annually.

This isn’t (or at least shouldn’t be) a partisan point.

@VivekGRamaswamy

https://x.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1865883681002291515

 

[AProudLefty]

DOGE is going to fail miserably.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

DOGE is going to fail miserably.

Do you want it to?

 

[AProudLefty]

Do you want it to?

No but it doesn't change the fact it will fail.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

No but it doesn't change the fact it will fail.

Which is very unfortunate if it does.

 

[Stone]

DOGE is going to fail miserably.

Not even close. The days of sucking the life out of Uncle Sam are OVER.

 

[Litmus]

$1 billion is wasted *every month* on ineligible SNAP (food stamp) benefits.

Overpayments occur when states allow recipients to continue receiving benefits despite incomes that should disqualify them.

Other times, fraudsters collect benefits from multiple states due to lack of coordination.

Eliminating waste & fraud in SNAP would save billions annually.

This isn’t (or at least shouldn’t be) a partisan point.

@VivekGRamaswamy

https://x.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1865883681002291515

this is the wrong focus.

let's talk about defense contracts and banker fucking bailouts.

this is bullshit.

 

[Litmus]

$500 hammer.

 

[Tbird19482]

I am not sure anybody fears it so much IMO people fear the Billionaires in charged are going to make deep cuts in programs AMERICANS need.

 

[Diogenes]

I am not sure anybody fears it so much IMO people fear the Billionaires in charged are going to make deep cuts in programs AMERICANS need.

Are you afraid?

 

[Damocles]

DOGE is going to fail miserably.

Do you have an opinion as to the reason it will fail, or are you limited to just failures in your prognostic tool box?

 

[Diogenes]

this is the wrong focus.

let's talk about defense contracts and banker fucking bailouts.

this is bullshit.

What makes you think those won't be cut, too?

 

[Tbird19482]

Are you afraid?

I only get SS and it is what Trump says he is going to do with tariffs that worried me more then anything.
Prices will go up the amount of the tariffs because the countries he puts them on will just pass that cost on to the US consumer, and that will make SS COLA go up and drive the SS system into insolvency even faster.
I am all for cutting government waste I am just not confident that Billionaires will not cut programs AMERICANS TRULY need.
And that could do great harm to the poor. low income workers , people that need things like food stamps and help just to get by.

 

[Diogenes]

I only get SS and it is what Trump says he is going to do with tariffs that worried me more then anything. Prices will go up the amount of the tariffs because the countries he puts them on will just pass that cost on to the US consumer, and that will make SS COLA go up and drive the SS system into insolvency even faster.
I am all for cutting government waste I am just not confident that Billionaires will not cut programs AMERICANS TRULY need. And that could do great harm to the poor. low income workers , people that need things like food stamps and help just to get by.

Poor baby.

Your faux concerns are misplaced, methinks.

BTW, is 'billionaire" some sort of proper noun in your world?

 

[Litmus]

What makes you think those won't be cut, too?

cutting benefits is not effiiciency increase.

 

[Litmus]

I only get SS and it is what Trump says he is going to do with tariffs that worried me more then anything.
Prices will go up the amount of the tariffs because the countries he puts them on will just pass that cost on to the US consumer, and that will make SS COLA go up and drive the SS system into insolvency even faster.
I am all for cutting government waste I am just not confident that Billionaires will not cut programs AMERICANS TRULY need.
And that could do great harm to the poor. low income workers , people that need things like food stamps and help just to get by.

trump said he won't touch ss.

cutting inefficiency is not cutting benefits.

it's cutting administration costs, not payouts.

 

[Diogenes]

cutting benefits is not effiiciency increase.

No? Weren't you worried that defense contract and banker bailouts would escape the notice of the dreaded DOGE a minute ago?

 

[Diogenes]

trump said he won't touch ss.

cutting inefficiency is not cutting benefits.

it's cutting administration costs, not payouts.

I wonder if there's something the T-bird isn't saying.

They seem mightily concerned about "food stamps and help", for some reason.

Since DOGE is reportedly focusing on finding fraud in those areas, I wonder...

Yes, I wonder.

Should I alert the authorities?

 

[Litmus]

I wonder if there's something the T-bird isn't saying.

They seem mightily concerned about "food stamps and help", for some reason.

Since DOGE is reportedly focusing on finding fraud in those areas, I wonder...

Yes, I wonder.

Should I alert the authorities?

most definitely.

trumps on it tho!

God bless mother fucking america~