Tuk22 is a big fan of DOGE. I think it was mostly performative.
Were the promises fulfilled? I don't expect to see the promised "DOGE dividend". The costs of not having some government services or employees are yet to realized. Some DOGE cuts may be of the pennywise pound foolish variety. For example cuts to weather forecasting may end up costing us in greater weather damage and deaths. Some federal costs may be simply shifted to states.
Here are some headlines from not-so liberal sources.
DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis says.
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, says it has saved $160 billion through its push to root out wasteful or fraudulent government spending. But that effort may also have come at a cost for taxpayers, with a new estimate from a nonpartisan research and advocacy group estimating that DOGE's actions will cost $135 billion this fiscal year.
DOGE has made a big impact on Washington. But government spending is up.
Elon Musk and his shadowy “tech support” team have ripped through Washington, reshaping the government and culling the federal workforce with astonishing speed and scope.
DOGE says it’s saved the federal government $115 billion. Experts say the figures don’t stack up.
DOGE claimed to have saved an estimated $115 billion, up $10 billion from the week before. They say this equates to $714 saved per taxpayer.
DOGE Fell Short on Spending Cuts: Now Congress Must Lead
While Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has rightfully drawn attention to some pretty silly and wasteful spending, it has overpromised and underdelivered on verifiable spending cuts.