Elon Musk's DOGE revealed Tuesday that President Donald Trump has saved taxpayers a staggering $55 billion in less than a month. It said the savings were found through a combination of detecting and deleting fraud, cancelling contracts and leases, and selling assets.
The group - nicknamed the 'nerd army' - also ending grants, fired federal employees, changed some programs, and saved money with regulatory reforms. 'DOGE's total estimated savings are $55 billion,' read a message on the official doge.gov website, citing data since February 17.
It said users of the website could expect updates twice a week, promising additional updates and improvements with time. The listed savings were primarily found within the US Agency For International Development (USAID), the Department of Education, the Office of Personnel Management, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Agriculture, according to the website.
Savings listed on the website feature million of dollars in cancelled contacts for diversity, equity, and inclusion training as well as cancelled subscriptions for Politico Pro and other news organizations. Elon Musk and the DOGE efforts to cut government waste continue capturing the headlines as Democrats and government workers continue protesting in the streets about the disruptive and draconian cuts.
Democrat protesters continue assailing Musk as an unelected oligarch that should not be trusted to access data from the federal government to find fraud and savings cuts. On Monday, the White House clarified in court papers that Musk’s title was ‘senior adviser to the president’ and that he is 'not the U.S. DOGE Service Administrator.
For grins, the math is $157 USD per person. Elon, your gonna have to impress me way more than that buddy.
Per tax payer persons or total population? It’s tax payer currency, not everyone’s.
I guestimated 350M legal citizens.
Prolly closer to half of that are actually paying taxes. So more like $300 per person is my guestimation.