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[–] [email protected] 140 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I'm getting the feeling that DOGE is just becoming a dumping ground for anyone Trump promised favors for.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In this case I think it was also to get her to shut up about Matt Gaetz.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

If only they could just get her to shut up, full stop.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Fake departments don't need confirmations. Maybe he'll stick Gaetz in there too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

The Department of Government Efficiency needs more people then the United Nations.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Department of Transportation.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So in an effort to "cut government spending", "reduce waste", and "make the government more efficient, the first thing they did was to create three new positions out of thin air with absolutely no clear goals, and grossly overpay 3 people and counting to fill those positions.......

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Nevermind the GAO is already a thing. But three trolls think they know how government should work...

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago

Is this a position she needs to resign from the House to do, because that would be awful! /s

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is how he gets rid of musk

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I can very easily see it as a staging ground for more back door fundraising/corruption, a lauch pad for future Congressmen/Governors/etc, and a way of trial ballooning propaganda before bringing it live

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It would be another hilarious bit of the White House Reality Show Sequel, if the Department of Government Efficiency board just kept growing and growing with people that wanted a cool title from Trump to feel important.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

you'd think the most efficient thing for the government to do is not pay her for useless roles on the expense of tax payers