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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHas anyone heard this fascist administration ever reveal what they are doing to increase the efficiency
of the delivery of public services to the people? That is what DOGE is supposed to mean---Department of Governmental Efficiency.
Simply cutting employees isn't a way to increase efficiency. Have you heard of the auditing they did to assess efficiency levels before they fired tens of thousands of government workers? Have you heard of any goal-setting or any key objectives to increase efficiency? Have you heard of them talking about optimizing workflow, or processes, or adopting Lean or Six Sigma principles to increase efficiency? Or employee training to improve efficiency? Have you ever heard them talk about improvements to the communications or decision-maling processes to increase efficiency? Have they ever heard them talk about improving the delivery of services? No. They have just gone in there with a chainsaw.
There is no plan to make any public service better for the American people. They may as well say Fuck You to the American people. Musk calls Mark Kelly a traitor simply for expressing support for Ukraine. Musk is the traitor. He has made his loyalty to Putin clear, as has Trump and Vance. He is gaslighting America. He has never shared one idea to improve the efficiency of government services. Nothing will be more efficient. Everything will be less efficient. DOGE is therefore a lie. It has nothing to do with efficiency. Elon Musk lies about it everyday to the American people. His objective isn't about efficiency. Musk and Trump are simply taking what is there to serve the American people and they are either burning it to the ground or privatizing it. They are privatizing it as part of their plan to create an oligarchy in the image of Russia. Trump said Russian oligarchs will be welcome if they use his $5m visa. Meanwhile, Ukrainians in America fear deportation if their temporary legal status is revoked. Trump is moving nearer to his goal every day, using the lie that is DOGE, headed by the biggest douchebag in America.

because it is just their cover story
their real goal is to loot, burn down, loot, privatize
Blues Heron
(6,573 posts)creon
(1,385 posts)They do not know
and, do not want know
UTUSN
(73,557 posts)Klarkashton
(3,171 posts)What and why they are doing. They have no plans other than cause harm and chaos.
They have done this with malice and vandalism.
It's going to take a long time before the Republicans figure out what the fuck they have caused.
pat_k
(10,969 posts)That's their story and they are sticking to it.
Right along with tens of thousands of undocumented workers collecting social security. (When in fact, there are a great number of undocumented people who pay into social security without hope of receiving benefits. I forget the number, but undocumented workers are actually propping up SS a bit.)
vapor2
(1,893 posts)Justice matters.
(8,125 posts)really *works* (the rules of how it works). And they want to replace the workers with AI bots...
vapor2
(1,893 posts)NO EXPLANATIONS, NO TRANSPARENCY, NO RECEIPTS, NOTHING FROM ELON AND HIS MINIONS
unblock
(54,738 posts)who will instantly agree to do whatever Donnie wants.
Donnie might even be choosing wacky crazy things to weed out those who would stand in his way. He wants to see who is with him and fire anyone who isn't.
That's the "efficiency" he's looking for.
aggiesal
(9,845 posts)As an example, they fired 50% from the Dept. of Education.
Their idea of efficiency is to have the remaining 50% do the work of the 100%
And if it works, they'll claim, see we were bloated by 50%.
Do I think it will work? Not a chance.
They're going to take us all down, if we don't stop them.
Meowmee
(7,799 posts)Karasu
(729 posts)Justice matters.
(8,125 posts)That are expected to cost very little (if it *would* be efficient but it's just at the experiment stage at the moment) compared to a huge payroll and benefits.
But since that was never tested before, let's say that it's extremely dangerous if their AI bots get cracked, or get big bugs (IYKWIM).