Anonymous wrote:I don’t trust anything DOGE says because what Elon Musk has said they’ve “found” so far has involved primarily misrepresentation, misunderstanding and general failure to properly investigate much less audit.
I would truly love to see a real audit of DOD. The chance that it will come from this clown car operation is nil.
Anonymous wrote:You can't put the genie back in the bottle. Once Elon has backdoor access to systems, the game is over permanently.
we are at the end of times as we know it. Government is gone.
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Ok let’s break it down. This is certainly not in my wheelhouse, but I try to look at the big picture instead of basing everything off a scary-looking screen grab.
So, I went to a pearl-clutch-inducing contract for $25m with USDA for DEIA assessment/training. Upon closer look, the contract is *up to* $25m over a 5-year period. I think that this does not mean that they have or will get paid the whole amount. It is a blanket purchase agreement. Looking at the “receipts” it appears that maybe none of it has been paid out..?
Again, I am no expert on this, so hopefully someone better qualified than I am will come along and explain.
I did not see the receipts for Elon’s $20 billion in government contracts. Did I miss that? Can you share that link?
You’re not reading this wrong. They are posting things like this because they know lots of people will FAIL to do their necessary research to see what each of these contracts really are. And when people ask substantive questions and in depth investigation (like what is done in a real audit) then they will deflect.
Simple put all they are doing is cancelling contracts that haven’t started payment yet, or using some truly questionable criteria to put others on the chopping block.
Lucky for you the DOGE website dumbs it downfor you and separates by savings and total contract amount.
No that’s dumbing it down for you, because us smart folks understand how audits work so know to ask questions. Like, what services was this organization actually supposed to provide? Like, if we kill the news subscriptions, what impact will that have on our Foriegn Service staff and others who are charged with keeping up with this sort of thing? When was the decision made to shutter certain lease and property agreements?
Details matter.
Ok you went from whining about actual savings to now whining about magazine subscriptions? You’re not as smart as you think troll.