DOGE Disrupted a Lot But Saved Little

“Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency said it made more than 29,000 cuts to the federal government — slashing billion-dollar contracts, canceling thousands of grants and pushing out civil servants,” the New York Times reports.

“But the group did not do what Mr. Musk said it would: reduce federal spending by $1 trillion before October. On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up.”

“How is that possible?”

“One big reason, according to a New York Times analysis: Many of the largest savings that DOGE claimed turned out to be wrong.”