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Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk's DOGE are expected to produce no savings (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What I've been reinforcing to the conservatives in my life, with reasonable success, is that "tax payer savings" right now is like a mail-in-rebate we haven't gotten yet. Say you paid $1000 for a new TV with a $200 MIR. You paid full price, no matter what the MIR sticker is, you haven't saved the $200 until the $200 is back in your wallet. If you never get the MIR, you saved nothing.

If we're still playing full price for taxes, and we are, our taxpayer savings is ZERO no matter what DOGE says.

Obviously missing the big picture but at least I'm getting them riled up against the current administration, and it's been easier than I thought it would be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I also like the analogy of: I saved my family a bunch of money by not paying the mortgage. The administration has no regard for the adverse consequences of their actions.