"Back in February, Elon Musk infamously waved around a chainsaw onstage at CPAC as his Department of Government Efficiency, better known as DOGE, kicked off its activities, but a new report by The New York Times has revealed that while the agency did fire lots of federal workers, slash budgets, and cancel grants and programs, the end result not only didn't save the $1 trillion Musk promised federal spending actually went up."
"The top 13 contracts claimed by DOGE were all incorrect, reported the Times, highlighting how the top two were for Defense Department contracts Musk claimed were terminations that had saved $7.9 billion. That was not true. The contracts are still alive and well, and those savings were an accounting mirage. Among the 40 biggest claims listed by DOGE, only 12 appeared accurate by reflecting real reductions in what the government had committed to spend, reported the Times."
DOGE implemented thousands of personnel removals, budget cuts, and grant cancellations while claiming more than 29,000 cuts and promises to save $1 trillion. Treasury data show federal spending increased rather than declined during the same period. Many of the largest savings claims were inaccurate, and several high-value contracts DOGE listed as terminated remained active. Of the 40 biggest claimed savings, only 12 reflected real reductions in government commitments. The effort combined legitimate reductions with erroneous or overstated items, producing misleading accounting of impact and obscuring which actions yielded genuine savings.
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