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  • Bummer: 21 DOGE staffers resign

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 25 19:39:58 2025
    21 DOGE staffers resign, saying they won't help 'dismantle' public
    services

    A group of 21 civil servants whose team was folded into Elon Musk's
    Department of Government Efficiency resigned on Tuesday, writing in a
    joint letter posted publicly that they refuse to use their skills to
    put Americans' data at risk and "dismantle critical public services."

    https://www.npr.org/2025/02/25/nx-s1-5308095/doge-staff-resignations-elon-musk

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Feb 25 19:30:43 2025
    On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:39:58 -0600
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    21 DOGE staffers resign, saying they won't help 'dismantle' public
    services

    A group of 21 civil servants whose team was folded into Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency resigned on Tuesday, writing in a
    joint letter posted publicly that they refuse to use their skills to
    put Americans' data at risk and "dismantle critical public services."

    https://www.npr.org/2025/02/25/nx-s1-5308095/doge-staff-resignations-elon-musk


    Wonder which jobs they consider critical?

    I didn't vote for team Trump, and don't like Trump or NaziMusk at all,
    but even I can see the government has got a lot of slackers on the
    payroll. I know several personally, and they - my friends - don't
    contribute much to society while enjoying impressive benefits.

    I'm curious to see where slimming the government down gets us. I'm
    sorry about the ham-fisted way they're doing it, but I'm not totally
    opposed to what's happening.

    Scary thought, eh?

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Tue Feb 25 22:06:05 2025
    On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:30:43 -0700, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Wonder which jobs they consider critical?

    I'm waiting for the specifics to be known....I have not read their
    letter, nor am aware of their specific duties, or how this affects the
    T-Borg's ambitions.

    I'm sorry about the ham-fisted way they're doing it,

    Rule of law should have been followed, and Congress should have given
    a 'heads up' via legislation...letting people know shit was going to
    happen in say 2026.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Wed Feb 26 10:21:08 2025
    On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:30:43 -0700, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    I can see the government has got a lot of slackers on the
    payroll.

    One is looking the wrong way, btw
    ===============

    We Found the $2 Trillion

    Elon Musk wants to cut government spending. But the waste in the
    system goes to elites like him. Here's a better way to bring down
    deficits.

    January 27, 2025
    ...
    ...
    But the focus on federal spending could also teach Americans how their government really works. I've tallied up the savings from redesigning
    a handful of policies to improve effectiveness, and you really could
    find $2 trillion in net annual federal outlays, with no direct impact
    on the most vulnerable. The key lies in knowing where to look:
    profit-hungry contractors, privatized boondoggles, systemic
    overpayments, and a mountain of tax avoidance.

    The world's richest man, himself a serial tax evader and one of the
    nation's biggest federal contractors, isn't likely to touch any of
    this.

    https://prospect.org/economy/2025-01-27-we-found-the-2-trillion-elon-musk-doge/

    As I said before, IRS should use AI to find the tax cheats

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Feb 26 13:08:52 2025
    On Tue, 25 Feb 2025, JAB wrote:

    21 DOGE staffers resign, saying they won't help 'dismantle' public
    services

    A group of 21 civil servants whose team was folded into Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency resigned on Tuesday, writing in a
    joint letter posted publicly that they refuse to use their skills to
    put Americans' data at risk and "dismantle critical public services."

    https://www.npr.org/2025/02/25/nx-s1-5308095/doge-staff-resignations-elon-musk

    Bad servants. They will be deported and replaced with loyal servants!

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 26 21:56:24 2025
    We Found the $2 Trillion

    Elon Musk wants to cut government spending. But the waste in the
    system goes to elites like him. Here's a better way to bring down
    deficits.

    https://prospect.org/economy/2025-01-27-we-found-the-2-trillion-elon-musk-doge/

    As I said before, IRS should use AI to find the tax cheats


    WOW. Spectacularly well-written article, an excellent read, and the
    tone is right. I'm really impressed and I learned a lot, too.

    I retract my earlier opinion; turns out Nazimusk and Co. are a bunch of state-capture monkey knuckles after all.

    Thanks for posting, i'm going to share it around with some folks. Usenet rules.

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