Summary

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, leading Trump’s new DOGE, plan to cut $2 trillion in federal spending by ending remote work for federal employees and monitoring their productivity.

GOP Senator Joni Ernst supports the plan, citing remote work as wasteful, though federal data shows most eligible roles still require significant on-site work.

Critics argue the initiative overstates the issue and lacks enforcement power, as DOGE is an advisory body with no direct authority over government operations.

    • @[email protected]
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      144 days ago

      And then the companies are staffed by people who do fuck-all in the office, especially middle managers and c-suite people. But now their jobs are shittier and pay less money (except for upper management, who now probably makes more). So the middle class shrinks.

      And now it’s on the customers’ dime. Which is cheap for rich people, but more expensive for middle class people and unaffordable for poor people.

      Then Musk and Trump and their friends get even more rich, and life gets harder for most Americans.

      • d00phy
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        74 days ago

        In other words: “The American Way™”

    • @[email protected]
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      84 days ago

      Yep. DOGE is a scheme to externalize. With a different president shame would stop it, but I guess we are past that.

    • GHiLA
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      14 days ago

      You’ll get a free Tesla from based Elon and he’ll make every American pay for it with taxes.