«NPR’s analysis found that, of its verifiable work completed so far, DOGE has cut just $2 billion in spending — less than three hundredths of a percent of last fiscal year’s federal spending.

“Think of Congress and its budget as the debt-ridden dad on the way to buy a $250,000 Ferrari on the credit card, and DOGE is the $2 off gas card he used along the way,” Riedl said. “It’s great that he saved $2 on gas, but I think his wife may be more concerned about the $250,000 car.”»

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5302705/doge-overstates-savings-federal-contracts

(From a conservative analyst, so of course she portrays government spending as an expensive sports car. «Jessica Riedl, a senior fellow at the center-right Manhattan Institute who studies ways to cut extraneous government spending…»)

As always, follow the zeros. She has the zeros right.

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