Elon Musk announced he will leave his role in the Trump administration at the end of May after leading a $1 trillion deficit reduction as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). DOGE claims it has saved Americans $130 billion so far.

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    4 days ago

    Cory Booker is literally doing a live marathon protest speech on the Senate floor right now. He just mentioned how retired military experts and officials said that the military is the place to cut government costs, not essential services for vulnerable Americans. They told him frankly there are ways to make us safer, more efficient and productive, while saving billions. Also they are the only federal agency that has never been able to pass a financial audit. Ever

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      3 days ago

      the defense budget is like, 800+bn a year, and half of it goes to wasteful spending on defense contractors, and then theres the billions we give to certain countries like israel. someone on reddit mentioned it takes 200bn of that budget to solve the healthcare problems in america, or at elast some of the cost. tricare for military is fully universal, they know they can do it, but the GOP is against it because they need a wedge issue to remain in power.