I posted this on YouTube but I will share it again here:
I’m not sure how accurate this, but I read a report from Cryptopolitan that argues DOGE is vastly overblowing its savings. They wrote:
"While the White House claims D.O.G.E. has saved $55 billion, independent reviews don’t support that figure. Documents posted by the initiative on X show savings closer to $8.6 billion, which means the 20% dividend payout would be about $11 per taxpayer—a far cry from what many expected."
Believe me, I'm all for cutting spending, but as with anything, especially nowadays, I think we need to have healthy skepticism of most things, none more so than when it comes from our government.
I know you are quite busy, Lena, but I think it would be in your best interest to please take a peak at an article I wrote last week here on Substack (I cite you in it), about what is really going on behind the scenes with our government and others around the world. Larry Ellison, one of the recipients of Trump's $500 billion Project Stargate (and a good friend of Musk), talks about taking everyone's data, including DNA, so AI can run and rule our lives. I think a lot of what we are going to see moving forward is actually less "cutting" but more "consolidating," but it will be sold with a populist and libertarian spin.
Ephesians 5:15 KJB See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, [16] Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. [17] Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Lena, where would all that money end up? In corporate hands. Isn't this part of a move to privatize everything? Would DJT or Musk do anything not to their ultimate benefit? See the Post Office. Trump's big (questionably legal? definitely conflicted?) campaign contributor DeJoy was appointed postmaster general in DJT1. He was retained through Biden/Harris. Now he's leaving, having run the PO into the ground, ripe for old logistics buddies' pickings. ?
Is everything not being sold out from under us? In plain sight. With public approval. Like those military 'cuts' - from government military to private sector? Seems some think we aren't people, we're passthroughs.
I am of divided opinion. Personally, I would favor paying down debt, but I can see where it would be a politically savvy move to refund the money. I doubt it would add any to the current inflation, as I believe most people fail to realize what inflation really is; which I view as an unwarranted increase in fiduciary media.
As regards your comment about ignoring the most needy (or vulnerable, as you call them), if it is strictly a refund as opposed to a form of welfare then it still makes sense. I feel you see it from a more Keynesian perspective, whereas I see it from an Austrian one.
If it would be a taxable event, it would be more a political move, as opposed to an actual refund. To be fair, if you didn't actually pay a tax, getting money would not be a refund.
I posted this on YouTube but I will share it again here:
I’m not sure how accurate this, but I read a report from Cryptopolitan that argues DOGE is vastly overblowing its savings. They wrote:
"While the White House claims D.O.G.E. has saved $55 billion, independent reviews don’t support that figure. Documents posted by the initiative on X show savings closer to $8.6 billion, which means the 20% dividend payout would be about $11 per taxpayer—a far cry from what many expected."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-approves-the-d-o-g-e-dividend-tax-refund-for-us-taxpayers/ar-AA1zpBqC?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=1b9a6b3a0d954daef12e3cbb72406d27&ei=5
Believe me, I'm all for cutting spending, but as with anything, especially nowadays, I think we need to have healthy skepticism of most things, none more so than when it comes from our government.
I know you are quite busy, Lena, but I think it would be in your best interest to please take a peak at an article I wrote last week here on Substack (I cite you in it), about what is really going on behind the scenes with our government and others around the world. Larry Ellison, one of the recipients of Trump's $500 billion Project Stargate (and a good friend of Musk), talks about taking everyone's data, including DNA, so AI can run and rule our lives. I think a lot of what we are going to see moving forward is actually less "cutting" but more "consolidating," but it will be sold with a populist and libertarian spin.
https://thewinepress.substack.com/p/oracles-larry-ellison-wants-to-unify
As a general principle I live by:
Ephesians 5:15 KJB See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, [16] Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. [17] Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Thanks again for all the work you do!
Lena, where would all that money end up? In corporate hands. Isn't this part of a move to privatize everything? Would DJT or Musk do anything not to their ultimate benefit? See the Post Office. Trump's big (questionably legal? definitely conflicted?) campaign contributor DeJoy was appointed postmaster general in DJT1. He was retained through Biden/Harris. Now he's leaving, having run the PO into the ground, ripe for old logistics buddies' pickings. ?
Is everything not being sold out from under us? In plain sight. With public approval. Like those military 'cuts' - from government military to private sector? Seems some think we aren't people, we're passthroughs.
It doesn’t really matter. This would never pass Congress.
I am of divided opinion. Personally, I would favor paying down debt, but I can see where it would be a politically savvy move to refund the money. I doubt it would add any to the current inflation, as I believe most people fail to realize what inflation really is; which I view as an unwarranted increase in fiduciary media.
As regards your comment about ignoring the most needy (or vulnerable, as you call them), if it is strictly a refund as opposed to a form of welfare then it still makes sense. I feel you see it from a more Keynesian perspective, whereas I see it from an Austrian one.
If it would be a taxable event, it would be more a political move, as opposed to an actual refund. To be fair, if you didn't actually pay a tax, getting money would not be a refund.