Summary

Elon Musk is distancing himself from sweeping federal job cuts linked to DOGE, blaming agency heads—not DOGE—responsible for mass layoffs, including the announced 70,000 job cut at Veterans Affairs.

Despite claiming DOGE’s role as merely advisory, Musk admitted to mistakes in private meetings with GOP lawmakers and pledged to correct them.

Some cuts have already been reversed, with a Trump administration memo clarifying agencies are not required to fire probationary employees (new hires).

  • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Because efficiancy never was the goal. “DOGE” is just a knock-off of Yarvin’s “RAGE” (Retire All Government Employees), likely done to both stroke Muskrat’s ego, and to obfuscate Yarvin from the “normies”.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        That’s because you think of money and power as tools to live your life. They think of it as what percentage of the total they possess. They would gladly give life changing money to ensure they can decide how you live your life