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AmericaUnderSiege

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3. I feel very slightly responsible for this DOGE nonsense.

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Thu Mar 6, 2025, 05:00 AM

Mar 2025

I was at a thing like 15 years ago where we discussed solutions to various issues, and I mentioned medieval Venice and some of what went on there ("Doge", get it? Ha ha, little Musk - go play in the corner). Probably a coincidence, but first this sumbitch names a cryptocurrency after it, and now a fraudulent federal department that's impoverishing civil servants. I'm feeling all sorts of shit.

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How Elon Musk's DOGE cost cuts don't make sense: Report [View all] OKIsItJustMe Mar 2025 OP

"Useless Spending Cut Theatre Of DOGE" Baron2024 Mar 2025 #1

They're relying on the fact that the general public are idiots to get away with the whole "government waste" lie Karasu Mar 2025 #2

I feel very slightly responsible for this DOGE nonsense. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 2025 #3