Mr. Dozier saved millions of dollars, taxpayers spent billions.
The economy created by Trump/Musk and promoted by Doge has a lot of “mathematical” factors that will save millions of dollars and cost taxpayers billions of dollars to spend.
Marcos de Oliveira*
Doge, the Department of Government Efficiency, founded by Donald Trump and implemented by Elon Musk (before the two fell out), claims to have saved U.S. taxpayers $166 million (as of July) by suspending a contract with a consulting firm that provided analysis for the Department of Energy to develop efficiency standards for about 70 products and appliances aimed at reducing consumption.
The department’s own data shows that standards for more energy-efficient products could save households and businesses $105 billion by 2024. This value is 632 times the amount of savings the Governor is said to have earned.
Data was published in a digital newspaper in August political It not only reveals the actions that lead private companies to bankruptcy, but also sheds light on Doge’s “mathematics”.
Of the $166 million that was purportedly saved by the contract termination, the Department of Energy recovered nothing and deducted just under $100 million from the maximum contract amount. “This translates to ~$0 in savings to date and approximately $100 million in potential future costs avoided,” he calculates. political.
The Musk/Trump division is inflating the results using a trick that can be compared to someone who receives an overdraft limit of R$30,000 from a bank, spends R$2,000, and goes home celebrating with R$28,000 saved…
Number 2 politicalUntil July 2025, “Doge claimed it had saved taxpayers US$52.8 billion by canceling the contract, out of an actual savings of US$32.7 billion claimed by the contract,” Digital Newspapers could confirm, but the savings over this period were approximately US$1.4 billion.
According to Doge’s website (accessed this Wednesday, 12th), US$214 billion has been saved through contract cancellations and renegotiations, as well as asset sales, eliminating fraud and improper payments, canceling subsidies, interest savings, program changes, regulatory savings, and headcount reductions.
*marcos de oliveira He is a journalist, graduate of ECO/UFRJ, editorial director of Monitor Mercantil, and advisor to the Brazil-China Chamber of Cultural Exchange.
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