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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.”

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

“Just”?

No. Not exactly.

First, they get a list of numbers from musk.

Then they need to filter out all the entries where he forgot to turn off the letters and symbols (look, he has trouble with the whole baby name thing, okay?)

Then they have to delete all the entries that are smaller than the numbers they used before.

Then they have to roll a custom d7, that’s transparent with a suspiciously phallic thing in the center (managers insist it’s a spacex falcon 9,)

This, if they can even read it, tells them which one from the bottom they use then….(it maybe takes a few tries because the knuckledraggers can't count past 2. They should just use a d2.)

Then they roll a d4 which tells them if it’s “million”, “billion”, “trillion” or “Siri, what comes after a trillion?”

[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This reminds me of the "consult the chart" scene at the end of the Margaritaville episode of South Park.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

LOL

I should have worked in a kazoo. ah well. missed opportunity.