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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by 3D30497420 on Thursday February 20, 2025 @05:00AM (#43112953)
What are their guardrails? Do they have accountability? Does "parallelise" mean compiling data on people from different systems? Dossiers? Are they even following the law?

> They have simply...

Oh yes, because this is all very simple. What is "waste"? How is it defined? Who decides what is waste and what isn't?

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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by goku12 on Thursday February 20, 2025 @06:29AM (#43113484)
Serious question to those who are cheering for the 'elimination of waste'. What do you expect to happen to the money thus saved? In what ways do you expect those savings to benefit you or the broader citizenry?
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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by xnx on Thursday February 20, 2025 @06:35AM (#43113516)
I expect the "saved" money to be given (no air quotes) to the richest 0.1% via additional permanent tax cuts.
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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by exe34 on Thursday February 20, 2025 @05:25AM (#43113105)
if it's not funding tax cuts and corporate handouts for Elon's companies, it's waste.
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