Is DOGE just making up numbers and hoping no one notices? - eviltoast
Is DOGE Just Making Up Numbers And Hoping No One Notices?
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In its first public accounting, DOGE made huge, embarrassing errors — and still hasn’t acknowledged them.

Summary

DOGE initially claimed an $8 billion ICE contract reduction, but the actual figure was 1,000 times less at $8 million.

Despite correcting the ICE figure, DOGE did not adjust its overall $55 billion savings estimate, which lacks clear justification.

The ICE error wasn’t the only issue. CBS News found DOGE had triple-counted a $654.99 million savings on a single contract, overstating savings by as much as $1.96 billion.

Critics argue the errors remain unaddressed because “the propaganda of the numbers is important to them.”

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    151·
    2 days ago

    “Just”?

    No. Not exactly.

    First, they get a list of numbers from musk.

    Then they need to filter out all the entries where he forgot to turn off the letters and symbols (look, he has trouble with the whole baby name thing, okay?)

    Then they have to delete all the entries that are smaller than the numbers they used before.

    Then they have to roll a custom d7, that’s transparent with a suspiciously phallic thing in the center (managers insist it’s a spacex falcon 9,)

    This, if they can even read it, tells them which one from the bottom they use then….(it maybe takes a few tries because the knuckledraggers can’t count past 2. They should just use a d2.)

    Then they roll a d4 which tells them if it’s “million”, “billion”, “trillion” or “Siri, what comes after a trillion?”