Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is already pointing out federal waste.
So many examples are part laughable, part infuriating.
And I’m talking outright unbelievable what our government is burning money on.
One example, DOGE highlighted is a $100K study exploring whether gin or tequila gets sunfish in a fighting mood.
Or how about nearly $1 million to see if cocaine will get Japanese quail to be sexually active.
And my personal favorite, $750K spent to determine whether actor, I mean, astronaut Neil Armstrong said “one small step for man” OR “one small step for A man”.
Now that’s an issue that needs cash thrown at it.
Utterly ridiculous.
I’m sure the Democrats will support DOGE though.
Because @DOGE will expose the insane waste and graft of government https://t.co/aoSj2bCehg
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2024
Or maybe not.
Breitbart reports:
The soon-to-be-formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by X owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk and entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, shared some examples of obscene government waste on Monday so Americans can have some clear examples of what needs to be cut.
DOGE shared a clip of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), widely known for his annual Festivus government waste report, walking through some of the most shocking ways the U.S. government has wasted taxpayer dollars.
One of the studies highlighted by both Paul and DOGE in involves seeing what makes a sunfish more aggressive: Gin or tequila. About $100,000 went toward that project.
The U.S. government also spent nearly one million on a study to see if cocaine makes Japanese quail more “sexually promiscuous.”
It does not end there, either. The U.S. government also spent $750,000 to determine if Neil Armstrong’s famed line was actually “One small step for man” or “one small step for ‘a’ man.” DOGE pointed out that the study was “inconclusive.”
The clip shared by DOGE also features Sen. Paul noting that $2 million was spent on the “construction of a kelp and shellfish nursery in Maine.”
Paul continued: “$1.5 million to encourage video gaming in New York. … We might be better off spending 1.5 million to discourage kids from a playing video games. … $388,000 for Columbia University … $249,000 for the Baltimore Symphony, give money to all the symphonies.”
Why would Democrats be against DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) cutting the wasted tax dollars of the American people?
Here is some of what Democrats use your hard earned tax dollars for. pic.twitter.com/TkLMijWuw3
— SULLY (@SULLY10X) November 14, 2024
Not to mention:
$1.3B sent to dead people
$171M in benefits to prisoners
$101B in improper Medicare payments
$70B more planned for “COVID response” through 2026
$7B annually for mostly empty federal buildings Former retired officials like Fauci still getting
$15M security details
The waste gets even more bizarre: $549K for Russian cat experiments,
$3.7M to study gambling monkeys,
and $20K for drag shows in Ecuador.
ELON AND VIVEK’S FIRST TARGET: $6.75T OF GOVERNMENT WASTE
A deep dive into federal spending reveals some truly jaw-dropping examples of waste that Trump’s new DOGE team will tackle:
THE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING:
$1.3B sent to dead people
$171M in benefits to prisoners… pic.twitter.com/rB4F9NOFKE
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) November 14, 2024
So many on X are posting government waste and tagging DOGE, letting them know what else to look into.
Like this one, where did the $42.5 BILLION go?
DOGE Activated! pic.twitter.com/NzmwfHZ4NM
— Pismo (@Pismo_B) November 13, 2024
If you’re looking for Government Waste and to save lives @DOGE, @elonmusk and @VivekGRamaswamy please look at the $40+ Million/Week to the Taliban
Most Important 5 minutes of your day pic.twitter.com/LVsN46NHha
— Beard Vet (@Beard_Vet) November 18, 2024
I’m believing RFK Jr will make all dairy and food organic.
Then Musk can buy McDonald’s and make it efficient and fun again.
Will DOGE mandate ice cream machine efficiency at McDonald’s? pic.twitter.com/z6MinUjFeU
— Naomi Seibt (@SeibtNaomi) November 18, 2024
Make Fast Food Great Again.
Hey, it used to be.
Before Big Food pumped it full of chemicals.
Fast Food is a part of American culture. But that doesn’t mean it has to be unhealthy, and that we can’t make better choices. Did you know that McDonald’s used to use beef tallow to make their fries from 1940 until phasing it out in favor of seed oils in 1990? This switch was… pic.twitter.com/ygijMtsSQt
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) October 21, 2024
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