Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency task force is finally providing some numbers purporting to give examples of significant savings to the federal government from terminating wasteful spending.

  • @[email protected]
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    185 days ago

    cockface: “i just saved the country eleventyteen billion gajillion bazillion dollars. and also saved the world”

    maga: “please lord elmo, nut in my eye”

  • @WhatAmLemmy
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    155 days ago

    Welcome to fascism! Where the rules are made up, and the points don’t matter…

  • @[email protected]
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    105 days ago

    If we nationalize musks companies and kick him back to South Africa we’d save even more.

  • Australis13
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    45 days ago

    Adding extra zeros is such a lazy way to make themselves look better (unless they’re expecting people are stupid enough to think they genuinely can mix up billion vs million). At least be a little inventive with fake numbers!

    • @NABDad
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      25 days ago

      unless they’re expecting people are stupid enough to think they genuinely can mix up billion vs million

      They think they’re only smart people, so they aren’t expecting other people to be smart enough to realize they are stupid.