WaPo admits Elon found $2B FWA in DEI & climate programs

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2:34p, 2/13/25
We added up all the figures posted, taking most of them at face value, though virtually no documentation was presented. The numbers add up to about $6 billion a year, though $4 billion comes from a proposed cap on National Institutes of Health research overhead payments to universities, medical centers and other grant recipients. A judge has blocked that for now. In other words, DOGE has claimed only about $2 billion in annual savings from specific line items - most of which appear to come from ending diversity or climate change programs. Whether that constitutes "waste, fraud and abuse" is a matter of opinion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/12/doge-savings-trump-musk/?

The leftist narratives can't handle all this winning.
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2:36p, 2/13/25
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paywall
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In reply to Secolobo • 2:40p, 2/13/25
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Secolobo said:
paywall
Starting to believe that paywalls were/are a mechanism for liberal rags to bill the US government for "subscriptions".
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2:44p, 2/13/25
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$6B is nothing in the grand scheme of things.
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In reply to aTmAg • 2:46p, 2/13/25
aTmAg said:
$6B is nothing in the grand scheme of things.
drop in the river.

But you have to begin turning the tide some time.
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In reply to aTmAg • 2:48p, 2/13/25
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aTmAg said:
$6B is nothing in the grand scheme of things.


You're right. But, if you find $2B enough times, it begins to add up.

Think of it like this: someone pays $6 every work day for a cup of coffee at a coffee shop. $6 isn't much. But, assume 22 workdays in a month and it suddenly becomes quite a bit of money. It's over $1500 per year.

So keep finding $2B here, $1/2B there, and it will add up.
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In reply to aTmAg • 2:53p, 2/13/25
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aTmAg said:
$6B is nothing in the grand scheme of things.


Eat an elephant one bite at a time
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3:11p, 2/13/25
Nice job OP, you linked an article and posted a quote from it that in no way says what you claim in the title of your post. Top notch click bait!!
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In reply to HunterAggie • 3:12p, 2/13/25
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HunterAggie said:
aTmAg said:
$6B is nothing in the grand scheme of things.
drop in the river.

But you have to begin turning the tide some time.


One drop of water is the beginning. Stream, Creek, River, Ocean. Gulf of America. One drop at a time.
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3:25p, 2/13/25
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Yeah, let's just turn a blind eye to a few billion in fraud and waste because it's "a drop in the ocean of massive fraud and waste". Just like the IRS ignores minor omissions on tax returns, right?
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3:29p, 2/13/25
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Lee Zeldon from the EPA clawed back $20 Billion, so their number seems short.
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In reply to unmade bed • 3:38p, 2/13/25
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unmade bed said:
Nice job OP, you linked an article and posted a quote from it that in no way says what you claim in the title of your post. Top notch click bait!!


It's OP's shtick under all his usernames. People like you continue to fall for it so he keeps coming back.
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In reply to aTmAg • 3:38p, 2/13/25
aTmAg said:
$6B is nothing in the grand scheme of things.
Tell that to the libs that are screeching like Elon drowned their dogs. It may not mean a lot to the overall budget, but it is minimizing the libs ability to use our own money against us by propping up leftist causes.
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In reply to AggieDruggist89 • 6:03p, 2/13/25
AggieDruggist89 said:
HunterAggie said:
aTmAg said:
$6B is nothing in the grand scheme of things.
drop in the river.

But you have to begin turning the tide some time.


One drop of water is the beginning. Stream, Creek, River, Ocean. Gulf of America. One drop at a time.

I like your style.
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In reply to aTmAg • 6:05p, 2/13/25
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aTmAg said:
$6B is nothing in the grand scheme of things.


I agree. Just ACH it to me, it's like it never happened.
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