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Economy

erpowers

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2. Not Finding Any Real Waste, Fraud, or Abuse

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Mar 10, 2025, 09:43 PM

Mar 2025

It seems almost every time someone actually looks at Elon's numbers it is discovered that either the money he claims to have saved taxpayers was already spent, or the waste, fraud, or abuse he claimed to have found was not accurate.

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DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 OP

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Not Finding Any Real Waste, Fraud, or Abuse erpowers Mar 2025 #2