Tito Ciuro on Nostr: “As Musk steps back from DOGE, we’re getting a number of assessments of his ...
“As Musk steps back from DOGE, we’re getting a number of assessments of his “accomplishments.” He vowed to slash $2 trillion. He recently acknowledged it’ll be more like $150 billion. Jessica Reidl of the Manhattan Institute—the staunchly conservative and pro-Trump think tank—recently told The New York Times’ David French: “So right now I would say DOGE has saved $2 billion, which, to put it in context, is one-thirty-fifth of 1 percent of the federal budget, otherwise known as budget dust.”
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