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bro thinks the postal service is a waste of taxpayer money because of shoddy negotiations while defense companies are charging 55,000 for bushings
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Anonymous 16w

Yeah genuinely defense is infinitely worse use of tax money then this upgrade. Although I agree they should have gone all in on EVs, they planned like 80% EVs but ended up buying 80% ICE cars

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Anonymous 16w

Elon could have actually helped shrink the budget but instead focused on “woke” contracts and didn’t even make a dent. Federal spending increased quarter over quarter even after doge. Missed opportunity.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 16w

Doge was a scam

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 16w

or maybe DOGE just got there and looked at the books and found out the hard truth that it’s just not that simple, and that there aren’t many easy cuts that make a meaningful difference

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 16w

Yeah anyone could’ve told them it wouldn’t make a meaningful difference if they didn’t touch defense or Medicare/medicaid. Surely hiring 24 year old culture war online twitter warriors didn’t help either. I think cutting $75k postal vans and $55k bushings would be a meaningful difference when considering how many vehicles and bushings the government orders.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 16w

You do realize that maintaining the existing fleet of grumman LLVs will cost more than these new vehicles in the long run, and that the new vehicles are designed to run for hundreds of thousands of miles with limited maintenance?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 16w

Sure, they could be good vehicles. But how about the $55k bushings? $12k ladders for the army? One good purchase doesn’t mean there’s waste in other parts of the government. I’m just saying doge was a waste and should’ve touched defense. Pentagon hasn’t passed an audit in years. Why focus on tiny contracts that aren’t federally funded with tax dollars (which happened)?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 16w

*doesn’t mean there’s NO waste, my bad

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