[tomder55]

Gone without even a whimper ;the most responsible program that Trump ever attempted ,an attempt to cost cut and modernize the Federal Government ; has been disbanded 8 months before it's charter is over . It lasted less than a year as the public had absolutely no appetite to do the hard things necessary to keep the country from leaping off the fiscal cliff.

OPM Director Scott Kupor insists that is not the case ;that DOGE has been absorbed into his agency . But we know better . There is no attempt to even balance the budget let alone reduce the debt .

OPM’s Scott Kupor: DOGE was a ‘catalyst’ for efficiency. Operationalizing it comes next. | FedScoop

Those who think the government should make cuts believe that foreign aid cuts will do the trick .....but don't touch my gimmees .

[tomder55]

The numbers are in .Instead of reducing the debt in Trump's 1st year of his 2nd term; the Debt went up by $2 trillion. It will add another $trillion by the end of March.

Data released by congressional Republicans shows the debt is increasing by an average of $6.43 billion per day. Interest payments alone now consume roughly 13 percent of the entire federal budget, a figure budget watchdogs warn is unsustainable as deficits hover near $2 trillion annually.

National debt nears $39 trillion as budget watchdogs warn of economic risks

Proving again that this issue is that the government spends too much and not as the Dems say ,the people aren't taxed enough ; tax receipts are rolling in..... up 13 %

Deficit Tracker

The elephant in the room is entitlements . The third rail spending of Social Security Medicare and Medicaid represent 60 % of Federal spending. That has doubled since 1960 . And a larger percentage goes to paying interest on the debt.

What we saw in the last year is that Americans have no stomach to do the necessary reforms to correct this .

He said that even if the US had the discipline to implement savings ,it would only delay the fiscal catastrophe coming. He thinks the only way out at this time is for a huge economic growth fueled by AI and robotics.

Musk: With uncontrollable debt, US waiting for 'Day of Reckoning' | IDNFinancials