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Re:A Letter to the American People by soared on Saturday March 01, 2025 @05:37PM (#43224551)
If anyone believes the cuts were for efficiency and cost reduction, that belief simply cannot be true anymore.
Re:A Letter to the American People by kentm on Saturday March 01, 2025 @05:59PM (#43224836)
You only have to look at a high level breakdown of the budget to know that DOGE is not serious. You are not going to get trillions in saving by cutting administrative overhead in various departments.
Re:A Letter to the American People by dmd on Saturday March 01, 2025 @05:44PM (#43224645)
The goal is to dismantle the US government.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...

Re:A Letter to the American People by someoldgit on Saturday March 01, 2025 @06:51PM (#43225438)
In its governmental guise, Patrimonialism is distinguished by running the state as if it were the leader’s personal property or family business. Trump is the capo di tutti capi, the overboss of all overbosses, the Godfather. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/corruption...
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Re:A Letter to the American People by palata on Saturday March 01, 2025 @06:06PM (#43224916)
I hope you lose your job, too.
Re:A Letter to the American People by labster on Saturday March 01, 2025 @06:09PM (#43224954)
Nah, Trump is on the MIC personally. What European nation will buy American arms after the way Zelensky was treated yesterday?

Time to buy Rheinmetall stock

Re:A Letter to the American People by Georgelemental on Saturday March 01, 2025 @06:06PM (#43224923)
It’s not about cost reduction, it’s about cutting off funding to the new administration’s political enemies