Yes, it is theft of the US Treasury, pure and simple. DOGE is salivating to get their hands on the Social Security Trust Fund, a fund all US people paid into over the past ~80 years.

They're not CPAs, they have zero auditing experience, and the federal government is one of the largest entities on Earth. What could possibly go wrong? It's insane that the Republican Congress allows this to continue, but here we are.

From now on, whenever you hear "DOGE did this" or "DOGE did that", or "Trump did this" or "Trump did that" - just remember they're doing it with the blessings of this Republican Congress, because they can put a stop to this at any time of their choosing.

Regan and Clinton already cut everything to the bone (aside from the military), so everything Doge is doing is just gimmicks to justify going after important programs like medicaid and social security because the conservative project is to return the united states to the 1890s.

This article is completely missing the point (as intended). DOGE has nothing to do with money or "efficiency".

It's a pure ideological dismantling of the Federal government aimed at eliminating oversight, regulations, assistance and entitlements as envisioned by ultra-conservatives for decades.

This isn't speculation, it's specifically laid out in their published plans: By hobbling or outright eliminating federal agencies responsible for executing the laws passed by Congress, the administration can circumvent the democratic process and impose their extreme vision of limited government on the country, regardless of popular support.

The U.S. system of government relies on established norms as much as it does law. Conservatives realized that they can ignore precedent with impunity if they had an executive willing to do so. They then spelled out exactly how, and are now enacting that plan.

SCOTUS's most recent decision that only Congress can hold the President legally accountable means executive power is essentially unchecked if the legislature is unwilling or unable to Impeach and convict. This decision turbo boosted the conservative agenda, since the president can now also confidently ignore the law and judicial orders as well, knowing there is little to no legal risk.

DOGE is just the first of many similar efforts to come to permanently alter how our country works modeled on the right wing worldview.

(The fact that all this just so happens to benefit Russia after their decade long campaign to destabilize their opponents in the West is a topic for speculation.)

Without paywall: https://archive.ph/sJcvp

I hope this stays up and we can have some quality discussion about what is ostensibly a historical moment in time: the autophagy of a formerly democratic government.

Long term (and short term, looking at the stock market) this can't be good for business right?! Who benefits?

The "Real Federal Auditors" should go on a game show and play against the "Real Billionaires."

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Weird how so many techies cannot fathom how a business-as-usual approach to cutting government waste is not going to work anymore. We literally have to bring out AIs and geniuses to unravel the mess of government fraud, waste, and abuse because of how complex and opaque it is -- and then blame them for not having the "right credentials". As an ex-military person, still working for this broken Federal government, I say: lead, follow, or GTFO the way to those who just want to cling to this broken system.

if the “proper way” was effective we wouldnt be here. theres deep rooted careers propping up the corruption. the fed can no longer be allowed to indebt every citizen for the “greater good”. have to face the reality of numbers.

Doge isn't out uo audit, afaict, it's out to stop spending.

The US economy is more dependent on government spending now than just about any time in its history, and that should worry anyone

Are these the same auditors that led to U.S. citizens' tax dollars funding transgender surgery shops in India? Two million dollars to understand the psychological effects of losing rock-paper-scissors? If so I don't put too much stock in their opinions.