Subj : US tariff retaliation
To   : MRO
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Thu Mar 13 2025 10:31:00

> instead of reading the headlines go look up what they were cutting
> and see if you have a problem about it.   dont go on cnn.  just go see
> the actual stuff on the doge site.  it's pretty informative and it's just
ext

I don't watch CNN or go to the CNN website.

> see if you have a problem with the stuff they are cutting.

I have issues with them cutting forest rangers, cutting critical IT
infrastructure staff, firing veterans, and several other cuts they've made.

I know they have cut a bunch of jobs, then had to rehire a bunch of people,
with backpay for days they didn't work.  That is wasting money.  I know
that Elon himself has claimed they "accidentally" fired people and
"accidentally" cut funding for important research, like ebola.  The time
wasted while these jobs and programs were in limbo wasted money.

I know that the courts are being tied up with cases about all the goofs
they've made, and that is wasting money.

I also know that they accidentally exposed a secret CIA facility.  That it
was a "black site" was debunked, but it was a secret facility none the less.

Some of the "fraud" that DOGE has found has also been debunked, even though
they still claim to have cut it.

If they wanted to *save* money, they'd have to start with forensic
accountants, certified fraud experts, and subject matter experts.  That
team would go through and find all the crazy crap that really does need
cutting, find all the fraud that needs prosecuting, and we'd have a lot
less stupid stuff happening.

Instead, Elon and a bunch of tech guys who know next to nothing about
government or confidentiality, went it and did a bunch of CTRL-F
searches on key words, not understanding that some of those words and
acronyms means something else in government work.  Since they don't
understand the data, they've messed up a lot.  Yeah, they also found some
legit stuff, but even blind squirrels sometimes find nuts.

Based on their track record, as self reported by Musk, I would not trust DOGE
to be properly reporting what they are up to anymore than I would trust MSNBC
to be properly reporting what DOGE is up to.


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