DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit Cards

Re:DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit... by teucris on Thursday February 20, 2025 @06:17PM (#43121772)

All of the “absurd” spending DOGE cites may seem like a lot of money, but it’s a tiny amount in comparison to the overall budget, and remarkably skewed toward specific, hot button issues like climate change, DEI, etc. Where are the cuts to the $852B military budget, which has been shown for decades as being insanely wasteful? Why isn’t DOGE investigating ways to cut down our $952B in interest payments due in 2025?

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Re:DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit... by aerostable_slug on Thursday February 20, 2025 @06:24PM (#43121835)

"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to prepare plans to make drastic budget cuts over the next five years, with an exception for border security, according to a new memo obtained by CNN.

The memo, dated Tuesday, calls for military leaders to provide a proposal for eight percent in budget cuts each year for the next five years."

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/politics/hegseth-military-maj...

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Re:DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit... by teucris on Thursday February 20, 2025 @06:30PM (#43121917)

That’s great to see. If executed, that’s ~$68B per year.

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