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.”

  • DevopsPalmer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    Unfortunately yes, but people do notice but they just brush it off and keep committing fraud. When there’s no real punishment, why bother hiding? I mean posting about it does only so much when the large majority of people are content with the fascist takeover and their brainwashed media spoon-feeding them the shit. Without action, and this is not just protesting action, but real action, we are boned. Truthfully a lot of people just can’t justify the risk to life for true action - be it family, friends or other loved ones that hold them back, and thus the machine keeps on chugging away