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Trump Gives DOGE Broad Powers as the new Republican budget would add $3 trillion to the U.S. debt over the next ten years. (gizmodo.com)

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Yet contrary to what Republicans have long claimed, a “leaner” government does not necessarily mean less debt, and the Republican Congress has made it known that they’re less interested in reducing budgetary expenses than they are in giving tax breaks to America’s richest people. Indeed, the new budget that the GOP is currently attempting to pass would add $3 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, new estimates show. The way Republicans plan to pay for the renewal of Trump’s tax cuts is by making deep cuts to healthcare and anti-poverty programs that help millions of Americans (including many Trump voters) survive.

Using a simple and sweeping executive order, President Donald Trump has sought to further empower Elon Musk’s DOGE in its mission to gut the federal government. On Tuesday, Trump published yet another EO that enshrined DOGE’s authority to lay waste to the federal workforce, while also giving the organization broad new powers.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

So, Musk will find 2 trillion in savings by gutting a bunch of state departments that do actual useful work, and at the same time the US will spend an additional 3 trillion.

If this makes no sense to you, here's the missing piece: the broligarchs will pocket 5 trillion.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Bingo.

It's all sleight of hand. There was never any intention to actually cut spending - that's why Trump tried to strongarm Congress into raising the debt ceiling.

The goal, from the very beginning, has been to simply redirect money that had previously been spent to benefit the common people directly into the pockets of the wealthy few.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Strap in, folks. Is gonna get nasty