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ProfessorGAC

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2. Wilson Couldn't Be More Correct

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Mon Nov 24, 2025, 12:27 PM

Nov 24

First, every estimate of savings they promoted had 3 too many zeroes.
But, the cost to do it was missing a zero.
With all the hire backs, and the disruption in workload, it's totally reasonable to estimate costs greater than savings.

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Rick Wilson: "DOGE" was Muskian bulls**t from the very start & created more costs than it saved [View all] Miles Archer Nov 24 OP

Can I have my turn now? cbabe Nov 24 #1

DOGE was bullshit, careless arbitrary cutting GopherGal Nov 24 #3

Wilson Couldn't Be More Correct ProfessorGAC Nov 24 #2

It was performance art thought crime Nov 24 #4

"Sustainable Abundance driven by Teslax robots" being further Muskian bulls**t, of course. nt Buns_of_Fire Nov 24 #5

And Trump doesn't "GET" performance art unless he's the performer Miles Archer Nov 24 #7

DOGE was a, sadly, effective way to stop investigations Phoenix61 Nov 24 #6