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Originally Posted by dewilson58
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Sure seems random to me. DOGE mistakenly fired USDA bird flu experts that they then needed to rehire. They fired nuclear weapons workers that they then needed to rehire. They fired FDA medical device reviewers that they then needed to rehire. They made up lies about millions of 150 year old people getting social security benefits that even the acting Social Security administrator says is not true. They say they saved billions of dollars canceling government contacts that had already previous expired. But what do you expect when you hire a bunch employees barely out of their teenage years who probably have no experience on how the government works. The salaries of federal workers makes up less than 5% of the federal budget. If you want to save real money, you need to look at Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security benefits. In the meantime the government ought to hire a non-partisan accounting team to give an honest accounting of how much DOGE actually has saved, rather relying on their numbers which are constantly being revised and corrected.