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> What about the savings https://doge.gov/savings? Are they a bad thing?

Cost versus value. E.g, what kind of soft power did the US lose when they shredded USAID?

What kinds of medical research will not be done because of cuts to NIH:

* https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nih-layoffs-budget-cuts-medical...

What kind of tax revenue will be lost because the IRS is even more short-staffed and cannot investigate fraud:

* https://apnews.com/article/irs-doge-layoffs-tax-season-0659e...

For a comparison of DOGE's falsifiable/verifiable claims and reality see:

* https://www.slowboring.com/p/yes-doge-failed-and-it-matters

parent throw0101d 1 year ago

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