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Re:DOGE's Only Public Ledger Is Riddled with Mistakes by bandrami on Sunday February 23, 2025 @04:37AM (#43148063)
Then why are we talking about personnel at all? That's like 3% of spending. The only way to achieve actual savings is to reduce program spending, which isn't even an executive power.
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Re:DOGE's Only Public Ledger Is Riddled with Mistakes by dcow on Sunday February 23, 2025 @08:00AM (#43148948)
They aren’t just talking about personnel.
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Re:DOGE's Only Public Ledger Is Riddled with Mistakes by bandrami on Sunday February 23, 2025 @11:23AM (#43150446)
What else does it do?

You understand that firing a program manager doesn't de-obligate the spending of the program he managed, right? Because I'm seeing a lot of people online who don't seem to grasp that.

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Re:DOGE's Only Public Ledger Is Riddled with Mistakes by dcow on Sunday February 23, 2025 @01:44PM (#43151869)
I believe the expectation is that congress will officially deallocate spending that was deemed wasteful. We shall see.
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Re:DOGE's Only Public Ledger Is Riddled with Mistakes by bandrami on Monday February 24, 2025 @05:16AM (#43157854)
Congress will be lucky if they can patch together a CR and not default on the national debt. Have you seen these guys?
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