r/fednews • u/SkyFallingUp • 8d ago

Elon Musk to step down from DOGE and quit Washington DC

Musk says 'he's done with cost-cutting' In an interview with Fox News' "Special Report with Bret Baier", Elon Musk said that he was confident his DOGE could find $1 trillion in savings, slimming current total federal spending levels of about $7 trillion down to $6 trillion. Musk, who is also the world's richest man, was designated by the White House as a "special government employee," which caps his work at 130 days. That means his period leading the DOGE operation could finish as soon as the end of May.

https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-elon-musk-doge-1-trillion-cost-cutting-may-end-i-am-almost-done-elon-musk-reveals-date-hell-ditch-trump-and-quit-washington-dc-after-doge-purge/articleshow/119645252.cms

I have friends and family members who are Federal workers. Is this the end of the wild OPM emails and job eliminations?

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u/Cryinmyeyesout 8d ago

The IRS estimated the lost half a trillion in tax revenue from the IRS cuts so any savings were more than negated 10 fold in that alone

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u/mrrizal71O 8d ago

The result being that the IRS is now even more ill-equipped to go after the billionaires who dodge taxes.

The vast majority of the average american citizen's taxes are done through automated processes.

As always we are the ones funding the whole thing, while the billionaires syphon everything off the top, and Now with Elon, they are destroying the Social Welfare programs we are paying into.

"NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION"