Well, well...Bill Clinton had his own version of DOGE during his term, and no one complained
The Yahoo article, of course, had to take pains to point out that Clinton's program was "totally different" than what Trump's is (even though, in fact, these "differences" are extremely minor), but of course this only further confirms Baron's Rule #8 of Liberalism:
"Totally Differentism - when we do something that we don’t like others doing, it is always 'totally different.'"
Was there any media and Dem hand-wringing back then? Of course not.
Link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-clinton-initiative-cut-140000196.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIh-Up4h42bCeI7oZTBCX7ooHRGyd7Ye8KwzyHVSZZSzR8iqNUAYRikDSYFsEhGaaLKZND9TTZl0xV2NYg1C5uNXnF1rze9Mov
Replies to: Well, well...Bill Clinton had his own version of DOGE during his term, and no one complained
Did Clinton randomly and stupidly fire people from important functions Mark?
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If DOGE is even moderately successful it will not dent the debt issue.
It’s all buried in retirement entitlements. We simply live way beyond the life spans that existed when they were enacted.
DOGE is an egotistical PR stunt aimed at appeasing the Trump base… just like the insane spending bills during the Biden administration were aimed at the Dem base.
NO ONE dares touch our precious third rails
100%. Social Security needs mods to age & contribution limit.
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Debt spiral, here we come!
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Wow are you an ignoramus
The Gore commission was an example of how these things should be done.
They worked with every agency - and with the GOP Congress.
They took years to identity inefficiencies.
They ended up firing 400K people.
They were sued ZERO times.
They balanced the budget.
See any differences?
Yes. If it took years, they were inefficient
All joking aside, the biggest difference on the left is that there is an effort to cut waste, fraud and abuse. Trump could have followed the Clinton playbook to the T and you guys would still complain.
Mark, did Clinton allow extremists to hack away at essential government functions?
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This has nothing to do with balancing the budget
I know there is little point in trying to explain things to you guys.
But this is all about making room for tax cuts.
It’s not a secret - look at the budget plan. Or look at Project 2025.
It should be about balancing the budget.
Wasting less money is a positive regardless though.
OK. But it’s not.
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Solid argument, I'll think about it and get back to you.
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Yep.
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Yes, If it was so efficient, why are we doing it again?
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Imagine if you read the entire Snopes fact check. What it really says is
D’s have worked on creating a smaller more efficient federal workforce contrary to the lies of trump and the Republican Party. It points out the night and day difference in being an effective efficient head of state and not being a vindictive fuckwad
Obama also spoke of cutting waste, but put Joe B. in charge..lol
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Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hpd61WfMvk
Ah yes the curated list of other people’s thoughts
Totally credible and of course only applies to the other guys. Too funny.