He said inflation comes from government overspending because government checks never bounce; spending far more than it brings in increases the money supply.
"inflation comes from government overspending"
What did DOGE accomplish?
Q473 answers2024-2026
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He said it was impossible to solve the deficit from within the government: cutting waste makes enemies, and President Trump likes to be liked. He also said the year had gone on too long, it was a little seductive (Oval Office, Marine One, Air Force One), he got carried away with the chainsaws, left sometime in May,…
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2024 · 12 answers
He called for a government efficiency commission to see what spending is sensible, and said the country needs to live within its means.
"I think we need like a government efficiency commission"
No serious effort to shrink government since Reagan; regulations accumulate until everything is illegal.
"it's been a long time since there was a serious effort to reduce the size of government"
He said DOGE would get the government off your back and out of your pocketbook.
"We're going to get the government off your back and out of your pocketbook."
He asked an AI how many government agencies there are; the government is not even sure — around 450 depending on definitions, almost twice as many as there are days in the year at the federal level.
"the government isn't even sure how many government agencies there are"
He said it is better for people to work at jobs that produce goods & services of higher value than government jobs, which are too often of no or negative value
"It is better for people to work at jobs that produce goods & services of higher value than government jobs, which are too often of no or negative value"
He said we will do weekly @DOGE updates via livestream
"We will do weekly @DOGE updates via livestream"
He said unlike you, neither of us are being paid, so it is very efficient indeed. @DOGE will do great things for the American people. Let history be the judge.
"Unlike you, neither of us are being paid, so it is very efficient indeed. @DOGE will do great things for the American people. Let history be the judge."
He said you don’t yet appreciate how much waste and fraud there is in entitlements. It is beyond what you could possibly imagine.
"You don’t yet appreciate how much waste and fraud there is in entitlements. It is beyond what you could possibly imagine."
He said the goal of @DOGE is to speedrun fixing the Federal Government. Requires many anomalies in the matrix.
"The goal of @DOGE is to speedrun fixing the Federal Government. Requires many anomalies in the matrix."
He said the current administration is doing everything possible to prevent government efficiency, but @DOGE is inevitable
"The current administration is doing everything possible to prevent government efficiency, but @DOGE is inevitable"
He said unless @DOGE ends the careers of deceitful, pork-barrel politicians, the waste and corruption will never stop. Therefore, there is no choice but to do so. I wish there was another way, but there is not.
"Unless @DOGE ends the careers of deceitful, pork-barrel politicians, the waste and corruption will never stop. Therefore, there is no choice but to do so. I wish there was another way, but there is not."
2025 · 56 answers
He said DOGE has now saved taxpayers over $1 billion in crazy DEI contracts
"DOGE has now saved taxpayers over $1 billion in crazy DEI contracts"
Treasury's PAM system sends ~$5T/yr with no payment codes; requiring codes and descriptions probably saves $100B a year.
"my guess is that probably saves a 100 billion a year"
He is confident they can find a trillion dollars in savings, roughly 15% of the $7 trillion budget, as a support function for the president and agencies.
"we can actually find a trillion dollars in savings"
He called himself tech support: many government systems are extremely old, do not communicate, and the software does not work, so the work is literally fixing government computers.
"we are actually tech support"
They will make mistakes and fix them quickly. They briefly canceled USAID Ebola prevention and restored it immediately with no interruption.
"one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was Ebola"
Keep everyone whose job is essential and who is doing it well; if the job is not essential or they are not doing it well they should not be on the public payroll.
"we we wish to keep everyone who is doing a job that is essential and doing that job well"
No. DOGE started as a meme and is now real. He wants to get good things done and have a sense of humor; the left wanted to make comedy illegal.
"Doge started out as a meme think about it now it's real"
The retirement is entirely paperwork right now, manually calculated paper stored in a mine, which is why the maximum retirement rate is so low.
"the retirement is is entirely paperwork right now it's manually C calculated paperwork"
There are roughly 450 federal agencies, almost two per year since the United States was formed; he asked how many you really need, 99 not 450.
"there's roughly 450 uh federal agencies of one kind or another"
Delete entire agencies rather than leave part of them behind, like pulling a weed up by the roots, so bureaucracy grows back from a much lower baseline.
"delete entire agencies as opposed to leave part of them behind"
He said reducing federal expenses is not optional; it is essential for America to remain solvent.
"So what I really would say is, like, it's not optional for us to reduce the federal expenses."
He said the @DOGE team discovered, among other things, that payment approval officers at Treasury were instructed always to approve payments, even to known fraudulent or terrorist groups. They literally never denied a payment...
"The @DOGE team discovered, among other things, that payment approval officers at Treasury were instructed always to approve payments, even to known fraudulent or terrorist groups. They literally never denied a payment in their entire career. Not even once."
He said if they want to cancel @DOGE in exchange for deleting everything in the federal government that isn’t explicit law passed by Congress, I would gladly take that deal! But they would never do it. Not in a million years.
"If they want to cancel @DOGE in exchange for deleting everything in the federal government that isn’t explicit law passed by Congress, I would gladly take that deal! But they would never do it. Not in a million years."
He said hysterical reactions like this is how you know that @DOGE is doing work that really matters. This is the one shot the American people have to defeat BUREAUcracy, rule of the bureaucrats, and restore DEMOcracy, rule of...
"Hysterical reactions like this is how you know that @DOGE is doing work that really matters. This is the one shot the American people have to defeat BUREAUcracy, rule of the bureaucrats, and restore DEMOcracy, rule of the people. We’re never going to get another chance like this. It’s now or never. Your support is crucial to the success of the revolution of the people."
He said all @DOGE did was check to see which federal organizations were violating the @POTUS executive orders the most. Turned out to be USAID, so that became our focus.
"All @DOGE did was check to see which federal organizations were violating the @POTUS executive orders the most. Turned out to be USAID, so that became our focus."
He said with the support of President @realDonaldTrump, the @DOGE team will aim to make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system. Just a few days ago, the FAA’s primary aircraft safety notification system faile...
"With the support of President @realDonaldTrump, the @DOGE team will aim to make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system. Just a few days ago, the FAA’s primary aircraft safety notification system failed for several hours! https://t.co/WHwNNBN0Zd"
He said accurate. We just renamed US Digital Services, created by Obama, to US DOGE Services, with a mandate to modernize all computer systems in the US government. This is something that is sorely needed!
"Accurate. We just renamed US Digital Services, created by Obama, to US DOGE Services, with a mandate to modernize all computer systems in the US government. This is something that is sorely needed!"
He said to be clear, what the @DOGE team and @USTreasury have jointly agreed makes sense is the following: - Require that all outgoing government payments have a payment categorization code, which is necessary in order to pas...
"To be clear, what the @DOGE team and @USTreasury have jointly agreed makes sense is the following: - Require that all outgoing government payments have a payment categorization code, which is necessary in order to pass financial audits. This is frequently left blank, making audits almost impossible. - All payments must also include a rationale for the payment in the comment field, which is currently left blank. Importantly, we are not yet applying ANY judgment to this rationale, but simply requiring that SOME attempt be made to explain the payment more than NOTHING! - The DO-NOT-PAY list of entities known to be fraudulent or people who are dead or are probable fronts for terrorist organizations or do not match Congressional appropriations must actually be implemented and not ignored. Also, it can currently take up to a year to get on this list, which is far too long. This list should be updated at least weekly, if not daily. The above super obvious and necessary changes are being implemented by existing, long-time career government employees, not anyone from @DOGE. It is ridiculous that these changes didn’t exist already! Yesterday, I was told that there are currently over $100B/year of entitlements payments to individuals with no SSN or even a temporary ID number. If accurate, this is extremely suspicious. When I asked if anyone at Treasury had a rough guess for what percentage of that number is unequivocal and obvious fraud, the consensus in the room was about half, so $50B/year or $1B/week!! This is utterly insane and must be addressed immediately."
He said the @DOGE team, at the direction of the President & his leadership team, is making great progress improving the efficiency of how your tax dollars are spent. I am confident that almost any fully informed American will...
"The @DOGE team, at the direction of the President & his leadership team, is making great progress improving the efficiency of how your tax dollars are spent. I am confident that almost any fully informed American will be happy with the results."
He said they are hiding massive fraud and don’t want their grift to end. This is how we know we are over the target. Everything @DOGE does will be published for the world to see. Let the public judge for themselves.
"They are hiding massive fraud and don’t want their grift to end. This is how we know we are over the target. Everything @DOGE does will be published for the world to see. Let the public judge for themselves."
He said very true! Many times, the @DOGE team has found excellent people at the working level in government who want to do the right thing, but have been prevented from doing so by prior management. Treasury is a great exampl...
"Very true! Many times, the @DOGE team has found excellent people at the working level in government who want to do the right thing, but have been prevented from doing so by prior management. Treasury is a great example. If we just empower them to make the sensible decisions they’ve always wanted to make, the reduction in fraud & waste would be massive! Moreover, we should REWARD those in government who do the right thing for the American people as a whole!"
He said among many other things, @DOGE today canceled a $17M project to provide tax policy advice to Liberia. Why would anyone think that this is a good use of YOUR tax money? 🤦♂️
"Among many other things, @DOGE today canceled a $17M project to provide tax policy advice to Liberia. Why would anyone think that this is a good use of YOUR tax money? 🤦♂️"
He said the @DOGE team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants. Sending this money violated the law and is in gross insubordination to the President’s executiv...
"The @DOGE team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants. Sending this money violated the law and is in gross insubordination to the President’s executive order. That money is meant for American disaster relief and instead is being spent on high end hotels for illegals! A clawback demand will be made today to recoup those funds."
He said but leading Democrats said there was no fraud in government payments 🧐 Maybe because they’re getting their cut. That’s what they’re afraid @DOGE will discover.
"But leading Democrats said there was no fraud in government payments 🧐 Maybe because they’re getting their cut. That’s what they’re afraid @DOGE will discover."
He said reuters received far more money than this from US government organizations, but via various subsidiaries and intermediaries to hide how they were getting it. This is just what @DOGE has found so far.
"Reuters received far more money than this from US government organizations, but via various subsidiaries and intermediaries to hide how they were getting it. This is just what @DOGE has found so far. https://t.co/PXbL1OkEKO"
He said major improvement in Treasury payment integrity going live! This was a combined effort of @DOGE, @USTreasury and @FederalReserve. Nice work by all.
"Major improvement in Treasury payment integrity going live! This was a combined effort of @DOGE, @USTreasury and @FederalReserve. Nice work by all."
He said we should take the set of actions most likely to maximize the lifespan and scale of conscious. If it means solving government issues, then that’s what we must do. That is the foundational logic to @DOGE.
"We should take the set of actions most likely to maximize the lifespan and scale of conscious. If it means solving government issues, then that’s what we must do. That is the foundational logic to @DOGE."
He said legacy media are mostly just puppets, with massive influence by the state. The amount of money that @DOGE is discovering going from government to fake “independent” media is shocking.
"Legacy media are mostly just puppets, with massive influence by the state. The amount of money that @DOGE is discovering going from government to fake “independent” media is shocking."
He said there ARE good people in the government who want to eliminate fraud & waste. Amazingly, Leland was fired by Social Security Administration upper management for helping @DOGE find taxpayer savings. Can you believe that...
"There ARE good people in the government who want to eliminate fraud & waste. Amazingly, Leland was fired by Social Security Administration upper management for helping @DOGE find taxpayer savings. Can you believe that?? Thanks to President Trump, Leland was brought back right away and now HE is upper management 😎 Promote good players, exit bad players. That’s the right thing to do."
He said polls show that @DOGE is overwhelmingly POPULAR and that government spending should be reduced by at least $1 trillion!!
"Polls show that @DOGE is overwhelmingly POPULAR and that government spending should be reduced by at least $1 trillion!!"
He said this is an amazing story and exactly what @DOGE aims to do! The federal government has a MUCH larger amount of WASTE & FRAUD than a local or state government could ever have, because it can always print more money. Un...
"This is an amazing story and exactly what @DOGE aims to do! The federal government has a MUCH larger amount of WASTE & FRAUD than a local or state government could ever have, because it can always print more money. Unfortunately, there is no free lunch and that extra money becomes inflation, which is a tax on those who can least afford it."
The goal is to cut the nominal ~$2 trillion deficit in half to $1 trillion, or drop total federal spending from $7 trillion to $6 trillion.
"our goal is to reduce the deficit by a trillion dollars"
He put government waste-to-fraud at about 80% waste and 20% fraud, with gray areas in between.
"it's like 80% waste 20% FR"
In every department so far they found far more software licenses and credit cards than people: twice as many government credit cards as humans, at a $10,000 limit, with no good explanation.
"we found that there are twice as many credit cards as there are humans"
He called a machine that can issue payments from nothing a magic-money computer and said they had found 14 of them, mostly at Treasury plus HHS, State and DOD.
"I think we found now 14 Magic Money computers"
If the federal government were a public company it would be delisted immediately, fail its audit, and its officers would be imprisoned.
"if it was a public company it would be delisted immediately"
He said DOGE looks at every expense and asks whether it is a good use of taxpayer dollars, posting everything publicly.
"just to look at every expense and say, is this actually a good use of your taxpayer dollars?"
He said all federal government departments are cooperating with @DOGE. For State, DoD and a few others, the supervisors are gathering the weekly accomplishments on behalf of individual contributors.
"All federal government departments are cooperating with @DOGE. For State, DoD and a few others, the supervisors are gathering the weekly accomplishments on behalf of individual contributors."
Asked I thought SNL was supposed to be funny, he said just another far left propaganda machine. @DOGE has pushed to hire, not fire air traffic controllers!
"Just another far left propaganda machine. @DOGE has pushed to hire, not fire air traffic controllers!"
He said many all-star engineers are taking major pay cuts (sometimes to zero) and suffering from harassment, including death threats, to help the country with @DOGE, because they love America 🇺🇸
"Many all-star engineers are taking major pay cuts (sometimes to zero) and suffering from harassment, including death threats, to help the country with @DOGE, because they love America 🇺🇸 https://t.co/wDyz04c6bN"
He said i know DoD procurement better than I knew any part of the government before @DOGE. Major reform is needed. And it will happen.
"I know DoD procurement better than I knew any part of the government before @DOGE. Major reform is needed. And it will happen."
He said IRS refund fraud payments are one of several means used by the Democratic Party to attract and retain illegal immigrants in the USA. That’s why they are so opposed to @DOGE stopping this! The Democratic Party is aidin...
"IRS refund fraud payments are one of several means used by the Democratic Party to attract and retain illegal immigrants in the USA. That’s why they are so opposed to @DOGE stopping this! The Democratic Party is aiding and abetting fraudulent government payments to illegals in order to establish a permanent one-party majority nationally, just like they did in California. The more you look into it, the crazier it gets."
He said the funny part is that “defunding” DOGE would have no effect, as the team is widely distributed within the government and, unlike Dem NGO scams, needs zero taxpayer funding
"The funny part is that “defunding” DOGE would have no effect, as the team is widely distributed within the government and, unlike Dem NGO scams, needs zero taxpayer funding"
He said there is vastly more than $400M in unemployment fraud, to be clear. That’s just the amount calculated from payments to people who are impossibly young or definitely dead.
"There is vastly more than $400M in unemployment fraud, to be clear. That’s just the amount calculated from payments to people who are impossibly young or definitely dead."
He claims the protests are driven by people who want to keep receiving waste and fraud.
"The actual reason is that those receiving the waste and fraud wish to continue receiving it."
He says those receiving wasteful and fraudulent dollars will attack him and anything associated with him.
"those who were receiving the wasteful dollars and the fraudulent dollars will try to attack me"
He says if the ship of America goes down, everyone including Tesla goes down with it.
"if the ship of America goes down, we all go down with it, including Tesla and everyone else."
He said this is not the end of DOGE but the beginning; his special-government-employee term had to end. The work is grinding through millions of line items, and he still expects about $1 trillion of savings over time with the president and Congress.
"this is not the end of Doge, but really the beginning"
He said no: he is simply an adviser without formal power; the president can accept or reject advice, and DOGE actions are posted publicly.
"I am simply an adviser. I don't have a formal power"
He said the @DOGE team is making a real difference fixing broken software, computer and communications systems in the government. It is difficult to convey with words just how messed up the systems are! Tech Support is sorely...
"The @DOGE team is making a real difference fixing broken software, computer and communications systems in the government. It is difficult to convey with words just how messed up the systems are! Tech Support is sorely needed."
He said the paper-based government retirement system currently in place takes up to 8 months to process and often undercounts retirement pay. The new, fully electronic system being tested now is instant and accurate, thanks t...
"The paper-based government retirement system currently in place takes up to 8 months to process and often undercounts retirement pay. The new, fully electronic system being tested now is instant and accurate, thanks to @jgebbia and the @DOGE team."
He said it more than defeats all the cost savings achieved by the @DOGE team at great personal cost and risk
"It more than defeats all the cost savings achieved by the @DOGE team at great personal cost and risk"
He says they did get a lot done and DOGE is still cutting waste, just less publicly, after he had to leave at about 120 days as a special government employee. He guesses on the order of $200–300 billion a year in fraud and waste prevented.
"Doge is still still still happening, by the way"
Basic fixes like mandatory payment codes and comment fields may save $100-200B a year; fraudsters cry 'baby pandas'.
"save the baby pandas"
Somewhat successful: they stopped wasteful 'zombie payments' of maybe $100-200 billion a year by requiring a payment code and explanation before money goes out.
"probably 100 maybe $200 billion dollars worth of zombie payments per year"
He said a straightforward proof-of-work requirement for organizations is common sense and will reduce fraud, crediting DOGE.
"This straightforward proof of work requirement, which is trivial for any legitimate organization to provide, is basic common sense and will have a very positive effect on reducing fraud! @DOGE 🦾"
2026 · 5 answers
Even obvious waste and fraud is hard to cut because fraudsters produce sympathetic stories; payment-code rule may save $100-200B/yr.
"You're killing baby pandas"
He said Medicaid data has been open-sourced so fraud is easy to identify, and that DOGE is not a department, it's a state of mind.
"Medicaid data has been open sourced, so the level of fraud is easy to identify. @DOGE is not a department, it’s a state of mind."
He insists zero people died; foundations could have stepped in, and funding requests were often fraudulent.
"Zero people"
After the Supreme Court allowed use of a federal citizenship database to verify voters, he said even that alone makes DOGE worth it.
"Even this alone makes @DOGE worth it"
He said it was impossible to solve the deficit from within the government: cutting waste makes enemies, and President Trump likes to be liked. He also said the year had gone on too long, it was a little seductive (Oval Office, Marine One, Air Force One), he got carried away with the chainsaws, left sometime in May, and should have stayed in the background for only a month or two and returned to AI sooner.
"there was no way we were going to solve the deficit from within the government. Impossible."