#DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, & Still Overstating Its Progress
#ElonMusk now says his group will produce only 15% of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors & guesswork.
…when #Musk’s group tallies up its savings so far, it inflates its progress by including billion-dollar errors, by counting spending that will not happen in the next fiscal year—& by making guesses about spending that might not happen at all.
#Fraud #law #Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/us/politics/doge-contracts-savings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=237B5D61-6E1F-4762-BF03-F7EDA3223643
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