Musk’s review has him convinced that “the magnitude of the fraud in federal entitlements (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, Disability, etc) exceeds the combined sum of every private scam you’ve ever heard by FAR.”
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As the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues its review of federal accounts and has already uncovered billions in wasteful spending, lawmakers in both chambers are eyeing legislation to escalate DOGE’s efforts by an order of magnitude as the government faces its next budget deadline.
The Trump-created DOGE has put Washington careerists in a tizzy by highlighting billions in dubious spending or outright fraud across multiple agencies, notably the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Though DOGE originally touted plans to cut up to $2 trillion in federal spending by eliminating waste, its efforts thus far, admittedly just weeks in, have yielded smaller savings.
