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I think what doge is doing should always be happening. According to the article the website doesn't have the rigor they're expecting. But then again, I never interpreted it as a double entry ledger for the public to review. They're moving fast and put in a position able to make the changes that many know should be made, but lacked the power to make the changes. As long as it's all legal, we should all be glad that there is opportunity for things to come to light. The article even confirms billions have been saved already. Sounds good to me, considering what some of the expenses were.

The fact that workers, in many cases new or probationary, sued for irreparable hardship, when many organizations go through layoffs every few years is exemplary of a sense of entitlement that has been calloused.



> As long as it's all legal

It’s quite clear by the preponderance of the evidence piling up that these actions are not legal.

The cost of defending all of the employment actions that result from this will easily eclipse the “savings” presented.


First of all none of this is legal- it’s all money that is appropriated.

Secondly, this is a see-through attempt to further extend an already short staffed federal government in order to justify selling it off in pieces to the millionaire and billionaire class.

One final question, is Elon Musk doing this all purely out of the goodness of his heart? He has nothing to gain from what he is doing?

Basic game theory suggests that maybe he is acting more selfishly than we are being told.




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