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groundloop

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6. Very true..... they also ruined many of the services provided by the govt.

Reply to Ursus Rex (Reply #5)

Wed Aug 13, 2025, 08:51 PM

Aug 13

The post office is in shambles, shipping times for letters and packages are WAY up. NOAA and the Natl. Weather Service have been badly hurt, because of cutbacks in data gathering forecasts are far less accurate. Customer service at Social Security is now horrendous. The VA is falling apart. And on and on.

My personal opinion is that repukes want to ransack all of these agencies in order to justify "saving" them through privatization.

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DOGE Saved $1.4 Billion -- Less Than 5% of What They Claimed, Shocking Analysis Finds [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 13 OP

because "saving" was just a cover story Skittles Aug 13 #1

Data Harvesting Was the Actual Agenda MrWowWow Aug 13 #3

I don't know that "it will all come out" Skittles Aug 13 #4

I'm curious how much it cost to save that 1.4 billion? or did I miss it.. nt mitch96 Aug 13 #2

It was very expensive no doubt. Irish_Dem Aug 13 #7

Well, they CUT that much. Ursus Rex Aug 13 #5

Very true..... they also ruined many of the services provided by the govt. groundloop Aug 13 #6

Especially when you consider one consequence of their "savings"... slightlv Aug 13 #10

I'm Shocked! Shocked I tell you! thought crime Aug 13 #8

Hubby was a contract painter in his younger days. slightlv Aug 13 #11

The only thing "shocking" ... relayerbob Aug 13 #9

LOL. "Shocking?" To whom? PSPS Aug 13 #12

They haven't factored in the cost of "new hires" that need to be trained to do the jobs of those who were fired FakeNoose Aug 13 #13

"Saved" Prairie Gates Aug 13 #14

They haven't save taxpayers anything. Rather they have cost us an incredible amount of money. patphil Aug 13 #15

This!!! ⬆️ BadgerMom Aug 14 #17

DOGE killed every investigation RainCaster Aug 13 #16

They did not save shit. Lol DenaliDemocrat Aug 14 #18

Always nothing but lies Picaro Aug 14 #19

I seriously doubt they "saved" anything RazorbackExpat Aug 14 #20

The goal was to purge professional Civil Servants from Govt maxsolomon Aug 14 #21