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Lets see how long it takes them to turn US Treasury Bonds from their AAA+++ (or whatever) status down to D.
STUPID Libtards thought DOGE would NOT be Efficient! They lost $500BILLION in ONLY a couple months! THATS efficiency!
So now DOGE has removed all these costs, will Americans not have to pay any taxes anymore? That’s the conservative claim right? That taxes paid for all this stuff and Liberals were taxing everyone super high for it…
…so now taxes drop to zero for EVERYONE? Right?
Best I can do is drop the taxes on the rich. 👉👈🥺
I like taxes like I like my Costco membership. I get a better deal if I go in with others and buy in bulk. Even if I don’t use all the same goods and services as others.
Getting rid of corruption and grifters siphoning value out of a system is a much better goal than “saving money”
IN A MONTH.
4 years of months left to go.
Maybe next time people can get off their fat fucking asses and vote. Or, if you did vote, maybe vote more intelligently next go around.
If we’re even allowed to vote ever again.
Why would you say “half” when you could say “500”?
500 Billion Dollars.
Doesn’t half a trillion sound like more than 500 billion? Even though 500 billion is already a lot?
No, “half” sounds like half. 500 of something sounds like more than half of something. (Yes, trillion > billion, we’re not debating the actual facts - which are the same either way - just the way it’s perceived in a headline)
Half of dinners. 500 meals. Half a car. 500 auto parts. Half of all dealerships. 500 independent dealers. etc.
none of your examples make sense. “trillion” has more gravity than “billion” in headlines. simple as that.
Wrong.
Ok
A trillion is larger than a billion, so half a trillion is a more rage bait headline.
Humans can’t fathom the vast distances of space. How are we going to fathom a trillion dollars?
at least, in part.
500,000 millions
Pretty sure one trillion is a million millions.
Correct. I’m referring to the posts half a trillion.
Rage is the only reasonable response.
I think it’s the opposite. We’re all used to “a billion” now, even thought we can’t really concieve of it the way we can, say $100. But a trillion is just space money. Just make it a gazillion.
500 Billion has real competitive traction - people are billionaires, this is more than them, etc. A trillion is something you have nanoparticles of, something very small.
“Billion”, sadly, is a term that nowadays conjures an individual human or corporate level figure.
“Trillion” is an economy level figure and suitably conjures an idea of how fucked up you all are.
IMHO.
They’re very efficient at destroying the country.
Are we winning yet? Are we great?
Eggs now cost 4 cents per dozen
This was always the plan.
Tomorrow: IRS has been fired.
No because IRS is helping capture immigrants
Fired? Sued for hurting Musky feelings.
They all need to be jailed.
i don’t see any point to keeping these people alive.
At least with musk himself it would be grand to see him spend his life in a padded cell with nothing to do and bland food.
i’m not interested in punishment. only solutions.
I’m for both to be honest.
Hanged by their bootstraps
Hmm, I wonder where it went /s
It ain’t fucking lost, it’s being re-distributed.
Again. This is bad journalism. It’s not lost, it’s “lost.”
i don’t understand your point. the article reports that the IRS is being disrupted by DOGE, and as a result, IRS agents are not able to do their jobs properly, which results in less tax money being received
That money isn’t lost. That’s my point.
Not sure what you mean. Their job is literally to collect money. If you want to play the revenue concept its till lost revenuer. Would you prefer theft by the rich?
If you owe me money and I don’t get it then its lost. Or you didn’t pay me so you stole money from me. Please give me another example of how its not lost instead of just saying the words. Give me an explanation or an example.
I think their argument is that the tax revenue is still owed, whether it’s collected or not. So the IRS could absolutely get back on track post Trump and pursue these unpaid taxes.
How much did they allegedly “save”…when corrected for their basic mathematical errors?
