Oliver Willis, Daily Kos - The ineptitude of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency is set to cost taxpayers billions of dollars in the next fiscal year, according to an analysis published on Friday.
The nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit studying the government’s workforce, estimates that DOGE’s actions will cost at least $135 billion. That cost may erase the purported savings touted by the group, which was authorized by President Donald Trump as part of an effort to theoretically cut government waste, fraud, and abuse.
DOGE is costing taxpayers so much because of the haphazard directives issued by Musk and Trump. Agencies have been told to fire civil service employees, only to have federal judges rule that DOGE overstepped its authority—and then those employees have to be rehired. PPS said this process, along with paid leave costs and lost productivity, will lead to billions in wasted tax dollars. MORE
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