DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent'

"I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was”

“I think we have a bias as people coming from the tech industry where we… have lots of people kind of sitting around doing nothing.”

It’s called projection; accusing someone of doing what you are doing, and something bullies do all the time.

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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At least he was open to altering his view based on new information.

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Pity the people who follow Right Wing news will never know. I searched all over Fox, and this is the biggest story that came up:

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Where’s Dividends20? He might find this interesting.

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Honestly, it is not that easy to write it off as a projection.

The issue most Americans do not know that the US government economists do cost/benefit analysis on every dollar.

The politicians never disabuse the public.

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