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		crabmusket 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE Great recent article which explores how to actually cut $2T of federal expenses (though if course a tally doing so very quickly would cause a recession): https://prospect.org/economy/2025-01-27-we-found-the-2-trill... Most of what's been discussed so far is culture war dog whistling which won't save any money- or just cutting entitlements and hang the consequences.

crabmusket 9 months ago | [–]

Holy typos, batman.

*Though of course actually doing so very quickly would cause a recession

Terr_ 9 months ago | [–]

Plus the whole issue of "the executive branch can't unilaterally change or suspend laws."

Well, not without fascist criminality anyway.

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