DOGE insider surprised to find gov't was actually kinda working fine, just minor glitches

[butters]

https://www.rawstory.com/doge-fraud/

one person who worked inside DOGE is admitting in a new NPR interview that they barely found anything, and the federal government actually runs far more efficiently than they had ever expected.

One of the key turning points for Sahil Lavingia was when Musk tasked him with investigating an alleged disability payment to someone who was 137, which Musk has repeatedly claimed with no evidence is a rampant type of fraud. However, he told NPR's Leila Fadel, after he got a VA employee to look into it, "He comes back to us and says, hey, you know, this guy's — in our database, he's 75." The issue was simply that two computers disagreed with each other.

The more Lavingia looked, the more he found that the only problems in the government he could see were minor glitches like this, not widespread fraud.

"I mean, I really believe that, like, we hoped there would be more fraud, that, like — I think we underrated how many checks there exist when you pay somebody," Lavingia said. "I think, actually, there is a check somewhere in the system. And that check proves — you know, makes sure that they're alive, makes sure that they're — you know, they've gone to a doctor's appointment in the last three months."

let me beat Lazaran to this one: We. told. them. so.

 

[MajorRewrite]

I thought DOGE was cutting federal government spending? Apparently not. It continues to climb.

 

[dkovic77]

10 million to go play golf…. Didn’t seem to cut that one.

My favorite is still the “free plane”.

 

[HisArpy]

I thought DOGE was cutting federal government spending? Apparently not. It continues to climb.

DOGE doesn't have the power to do anything, they're strictly limited to recommending actions to the President.

 

[ll74]

DOGE doesn't have the power to do anything, they're strictly limited to recommending actions to the President.

If DOGE has no power, then why did they enact anything?

 

[HisArpy]

If DOGE has no power, then why did they enact anything?

DOGE didn't "enact" anything.

 

[ll74]

DOGE didn't "enact" anything.

Lol

 

[HisArpy]

Lol

Not my fault you're uninformed except by the lying media pushing a false narrative.

 

[ll74]

Not my fault you're uninformed except by the lying media pushing a false narrative.

Yes, because Congress is doing things

 

[MajorRewrite]

DOGE doesn't have the power to do anything, they're strictly limited to recommending actions to the President.

DOGE and Trump bragged they cut federal government spending, but the official Trump administration data says federal government spending continues to rise.

 

[JohnEngelman]

Every item in the domestic budget has a powerful constituency to protect it. The largest and most expensive programs are the most popular. The government has grown to its present size in responsible to popular demand. Most Americans want the government to help them get through life.

 

[Hel_Books]

DOGE doesn't have the power to do anything, they're strictly limited to recommending actions to the President.

That Big Balls boy did download a lot of databases with confidential information (Social Security, etc.) about USA citizens and walked away with it. That's POWER in our modern world!

 

[HisArpy]

Yes, because Congress is doing things

Well, they passed the BBB and are currently debating the appropriations revisions Trump is asking for. They also confirmed Emile Bove.

Which kinda sounds like Congress IS doing something.

 

[Bray123]

Saying that DOGE had no power is akin to saying that Kegsbreath was only discussing public domain information when he told a journalist about ongoing military action on a commercial app on his phone.

Second rate lawyers get laughed at when they come out with such nonsense.

 

[HisArpy]

DOGE and Trump bragged they cut federal government spending, but the official Trump administration data says federal government spending continues to rise.

Well, there are all those court orders which mandated that Trump not make those spending cuts. Based on that, it's little wonder why spending is still rising.

So, let's place the blame where it belongs; on DEMOCRATS, LIBERALS, and ROGUE JUDGES who think they outrank the other 2 branches of the government.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

DOGE doesn't have the power to do anything, they're strictly limited to recommending actions to the President.

Something tells me the guy who was able to bankrupt six casinos is the right person to make financial decisions.

 

[HisArpy]

Something tells me the guy who was able to bankrupt six casinos is the right person to make financial decisions.

What is it about you that you don't understand how ANYTHING works?

 

[ll74]

Well, they passed the BBB and are currently debating the appropriations revisions Trump is asking for. They also confirmed Emile Bove.

Which kinda sounds like Congress IS doing something.

Lol

Yes, Congress is doing dear leader thngs

 

[Lazaran]

Well, there are all those court orders which mandated that Trump not make those spending cuts. Based on that, it's little wonder why spending is still rising.

So, let's place the blame where it belongs; on DEMOCRATS, LIBERALS, and ROGUE JUDGES who think they outrank the other 2 branches of the government.

DonOld & DOGE MADE THE CLAIMS, Derpy.

The CLAIMS DonOld & DOGE made were GASLIGHTING & LIES and were totally debunked.



Hope that ^ helps.





We. Told. Them. So.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

What is it about you that you don't understand how ANYTHING works?

I don’t think YOU understand how things work.

Would you hire an accountant who had 6 bankruptcies?

 

[HisArpy]

Lol

Yes, Congress is doing dear leader thngs

Yet this isn't what you were trying to say.

Remind us again how you're well informed because you watch/listen to lots of media sources including conservative media.

 

[HisArpy]

I don’t think YOU understand how things work.

Would you hire an accountant who had 6 bankruptcies?

Trump isn't an accountant.

How you manage to fuck up something that simple is beyond human comprehension.

 

[HisArpy]

DonOld & DOGE MADE THE CLAIMS, Derpy.

The CLAIMS DonOld & DOGE made were GASLIGHTING & LIES and were totally debunked.



Hope that ^ helps.





We. Told. Them. So.

Lol, the claims were made BEFORE the courts stepped in and stopped him.

And of course you knew that but you just conveniently managed to omit saying it.

 

[dmallord]

What is it about you that you don't understand how ANYTHING works?

That's Trump, pretty much. He understands grift and not much else.

 

[Lazaran]

Lol, the claims were made BEFORE the courts stepped in and stopped him.

And of course you knew that but you just conveniently managed to omit saying it.

Those CLAIMS by DonOld & “Leon” of yuuuuuge cuts & savings from DOGE were made prematurely AND exaggeratedly.

Oops



Derpy



We. Told. Them. So.