Re:
by LorenDB on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @09:39AM
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This is good. Doge is obviously very controversial, so let's just let the numbers speak for themselves and see whether or not there is a positive impact.
It would definitely be better to have official numbers instead of Doge's PR numbers, which probably are susceptible to Elon-flation (closely related to Elon time).
Where positive impact is purely defined as a reduction in investment on public initiatives and ignoring the much more complicated returns those investments may have produced both fiscally and socially.
Re:
by LorenDB on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @09:44AM
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Some quick math shows that if the $1T goal is reached, assuming taxpayer savings remain proportional to the numbers given now, the average taxpayer will save $6700.
(Edit: Oops, the goal is actually $2T, so average savings of $13,400, I guess.)
Of course, that won't be distributed evenly, so I suspect most people will see savings of $1K to $2K at most in a best-case scenario.
It would definitely be better to have official numbers instead of Doge's PR numbers, which probably are susceptible to Elon-flation (closely related to Elon time).
All that fuss for this?
(Edit: Oops, the goal is actually $2T, so average savings of $13,400, I guess.)
Of course, that won't be distributed evenly, so I suspect most people will see savings of $1K to $2K at most in a best-case scenario.