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		codexb 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The story of DOGE, as told by federal workers They were, but the actual cuts needed (to entitlements) are politically impossible to make.

jonny_eh 4 months ago | [–]

Which is why they went the non-democratic/illegal route by avoiding congress.

zzrrt 4 months ago | [–]

So they did a thing they knew wouldn’t work? AKA not serious about solving the problem. The OBBBA budget bill did make some cuts though, anyway.

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