Anonymous wrote:I’m still waiting for Trump to build that big beautiful wall and have Mexico pay for it, his #1 promise from 2016. As soon as he gets that done I’ll start worrying about him executing on his promises for this election.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think they’re going to do a lot, honestly. Elon musk is just a blowhard. If they had a real plan for huge cuts without chaos that would amount to political suicide, they would have done it. It’s the same as “repeal and replace.”

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Anonymous wrote:Elon and Vivek will run the Dept. of Efficiency. They plan identify the waste and inefficiencies and get the cuts to budgets approved by congress which will be republican within 1st yr.

Also noted the work will be done by July 2026 - 18 months. The “they can’t get it done in 4 years” chatter is clearly wishful thinking.

The fact that you believe that all this can be done in 18 months is hilarious.

Well you will know everyday where the process stands as Elon is going to give constant updates on x of what they are finding and direction they are going. They will be done in 18 months. Cuts will start way before that.

Elon will move on to something else way before that.

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Anonymous wrote:Elon and Vivek will run the Dept. of Efficiency. They plan identify the waste and inefficiencies and get the cuts to budgets approved by congress which will be republican within 1st yr.

Also noted the work will be done by July 2026 - 18 months. The “they can’t get it done in 4 years” chatter is clearly wishful thinking.

The fact that you believe that all this can be done in 18 months is hilarious.

You were the repeated 2016 “the fact that you think Trump can ever be the republican nominee much less elected president is hilarious” poster weren’t you

Anonymous wrote:I felt cautiously optimistic over the last week, but that has gone out the window as of last night.

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Anonymous wrote:So wait DOGE is private and privately funded? So just another think tank thing that will make recommendations to OMB?

Elon and Vivek will do it for free.

That is actually illegal. This is why you can't accept gifts. You can't donate work to the federal government

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Anonymous wrote:So wait DOGE is private and privately funded? So just another think tank thing that will make recommendations to OMB?

Elon and Vivek will do it for free.

That is actually illegal. This is why you can't accept gifts. You can't donate work to the federal government

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Anonymous wrote:So wait DOGE is private and privately funded? So just another think tank thing that will make recommendations to OMB?

Elon and Vivek will do it for free.

That is actually illegal. This is why you can't accept gifts. You can't donate work to the federal government

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Anonymous wrote:So wait DOGE is private and privately funded? So just another think tank thing that will make recommendations to OMB?

Elon and Vivek will do it for free.

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Anonymous wrote:Despite having a strong emergency fund, I just calculated what we could get back in FERS contributions if I lose my job and have to compete with thousands of other unemployed federal workers in this area. I can't believe this is real life.

I think it would be extremely bad publicity to have thousands of unemployed federal workers and the DMV economy tanking.

pretty sure this would be part of the point.

But, I also think that what would happen is that if they fire people, those people will just get sucked up by contractors for the federal government, because the new administration will eventually realize that there is stuff that has to get done and you need people to do it.

it's just like what happened with those USDA agencies that got moved under the prior Trump admin. They lost all institutional knowledge but are back up to their pre-move employment levels. It didn't reduce the federal government, it just made things less efficient.

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Anonymous wrote:Elon and Vivek will run the Dept. of Efficiency. They plan identify the waste and inefficiencies and get the cuts to budgets approved by congress which will be republican within 1st yr.

Also noted the work will be done by July 2026 - 18 months. The “they can’t get it done in 4 years” chatter is clearly wishful thinking.

The fact that you believe that all this can be done in 18 months is hilarious.

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Anonymous wrote:Elon and Vivek will run the Dept. of Efficiency. They plan identify the waste and inefficiencies and get the cuts to budgets approved by congress which will be republican within 1st yr.

How do I apply, and do they accept remote workers?

Haha no silly. DOGE is going to need to find physical space to house its staff, but that’s not wasteful at all is it?

There is plenty of vacant government space. Government spend billions maintaining empty buildings.

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Anonymous wrote:Elon and Vivek will run the Dept. of Efficiency. They plan identify the waste and inefficiencies and get the cuts to budgets approved by congress which will be republican within 1st yr.

How do I apply, and do they accept remote workers?

Haha no silly. DOGE is going to need to find physical space to house its staff, but that’s not wasteful at all is it?

There is plenty of vacant government space. Government spend billions maintaining empty buildings.

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Anonymous wrote:Elon and Vivek will run the Dept. of Efficiency. They plan identify the waste and inefficiencies and get the cuts to budgets approved by congress which will be republican within 1st yr.

Also noted the work will be done by July 2026 - 18 months. The “they can’t get it done in 4 years” chatter is clearly wishful thinking.

The fact that you believe that all this can be done in 18 months is hilarious.

Well you will know everyday where the process stands as Elon is going to give constant updates on x of what they are finding and direction they are going. They will be done in 18 months. Cuts will start way before that.