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Dulcinea

(8,796 posts) Thu Jun 5, 2025, 05:11 AM Jun 5

Former DOGE engineer on his experience working for the cost-cutting unit [View all]

(NPR) A former employee of the Department of Government Efficiency says that he found that the federal waste, fraud and abuse that his agency was supposed to uncover were "relatively nonexistent" during his short time embedded within the Department of Veterans Affairs.

"I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was," Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.

Lavingia was a successful software developer and the founder of Gumroad, a platform for online sales, when he joined DOGE in March. Lavingia said he had previously sought to work for the U.S. Digital Service, the technology unit that was renamed and restructured by the Trump administration. He told NPR that he just wanted to make government websites easier for citizens to use and didn't really care which presidential administration he was working for, despite protests from his friends and family.

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/02/nx-s1-5417994/former-doge-engineer-shares-his-experience-working-for-the-cost-cutting-unit

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Former DOGE engineer on his experience working for the cost-cutting unit [View all] Dulcinea Jun 5 OP

The waste fraud, abuse claims were an excuse to destroy the US federal workforce. Irish_Dem Jun 5 #1

So true, they have been given the keys to snoop and steal, that's so reassuring. Dave Bowman Jun 5 #5

The Putin/Trump Crime Syndicate has access to everything. Irish_Dem Jun 5 #6

Imagine this happening just a few years ago, some heads would have rolled. Now it's another story. Dave Bowman Jun 5 #8

Yes it is treason of the highest magnitude. Irish_Dem Jun 5 #10

Straight from the belly of the beast. 70sEraVet Jun 5 #2

anyone else remember that st ronnie ran on the same platform? mopinko Jun 5 #3

Oh he did. Well, to be accurate, he said he did. I was there. It's called federal pay grades. He reduced KPN Jun 5 #15

The Fraud, Waste and Abuse is coming from the House BOSSHOG Jun 5 #4

Hey! Parades to boost the ego of a demented narcissist don't come cheap, you know. tanyev Jun 5 #9

A Military Parade for a coward BOSSHOG Jun 5 #11

Mr Lavingia is brave to blow the whistle, I hope that he stays safe from the Taco Mafia. Dave Bowman Jun 5 #7

Basically this poor shnook, wasn't let in on the scam Javaman Jun 5 #12

Just like Republican's claims of election fraud... Ol Janx Spirit Jun 5 #13

50 years of conditioning via propaganda does wonders for perception, doesn't it? JHB Jun 5 #14

Everyone who worked for DOGE should be in prison once 2029 rolls around. Crowman2009 Jun 5 #16