“There have been embarrassing accounting errors, lots of public statements that turned out to be false or misleading, or actions slapped back by the courts.”
“The spending savings are so small that they will be undoubtedly overwhelmed by the significant tax revenue losses which result from gutting IRS tax enforcement,” Riedl tells Axios.
The point of DOGE was to hamper processes harmful to Musk’s generation of income. And, in all likelihood, his own Dr. Evil-esque acquisition of data and probable installation of back doors into systems.
By that measure DOGE has been a success.