By Matt Underwood DOGE Produced the Largest Peacetime Workforce Cut on Record, but Spending Kept Rising
DOGE, let’s just say, was not about saving money. It was, rather, a calculated reshuffling, a targeted extraction, and a dismantling of services. The claim of saving money was, to put it mildly, a deception. The cuts weren’t about fiscal responsibility; they were a means to an end. The end was a massive data grab and the removal of oversight, a move that would have lasting consequences.
The irony is stark: DOGE allegedly fired a significant portion of the federal workforce, the largest peacetime cut ever, yet spending continued to climb. This isn’t just inefficient; it’s almost comical. Think about it: they successfully vaporized the careers and livelihoods of countless individuals, all under the guise of fiscal prudence, and what did they achieve? More spending. The people who were once controlling the spending were no longer there, and costs skyrocketed.
The workforce is relatively cheap. The real budget issues reside elsewhere. The financially savvy move would have been to increase the federal workforce and slash the expensive contract positions that often cost 2-4 times more than a federal employee. More output, less spending. It’s a simple equation, yet it seems to have been completely ignored.
The core of the issue is that salaries are a mere fraction of government expenses. Cutting staff wouldn’t balance the budget. The data they were after, the contracts, the control – that was where the real value lay. This was never about saving money. It was a multi-layered scam, a corporate raid, dressed up as efficiency.
The cuts were designed to eliminate investigations into specific entities. They were a strategic dismantling of government oversight. The goal wasn’t cost savings; it was control. DOGE successfully made a streamlined government less efficient.
This wasn’t about the deficit; it was about getting rid of government workers. It was a power play, a means to undermine the government, and a data heist of unprecedented scale. DOGE was never about saving money; it was about consolidating power and lining pockets. The numbers didn’t add up, and the people at the top knew it. Cutting the workforce and then spending more money? A failure of the first order.
The entire episode was a carefully orchestrated maneuver, a means to an end that had nothing to do with saving taxpayer dollars. This wasn’t about reducing waste; it was about shifting resources, dismantling accountability, and enriching specific individuals. The math was never there, and the promises were lies.
The damage is done, and it will be felt for years to come. The loss of experience, the disruption of services, and the erosion of trust in government. This wasn’t about streamlining; it was about sabotaging. The cuts were a deliberate act of destruction, with the goal being to protect specific parties from scrutiny and to facilitate the acquisition of valuable data.
It was a data heist, plain and simple. The data was the prize. Those who were targeted were essentially fired for the crime of being in the way. It was a way to redirect contracts and eliminate any barriers that stood in the way of certain individuals. The rhetoric of efficiency was a smokescreen, hiding a much more sinister agenda.