President Donald Trump was elected on the strength of his policy promises to the American people. Secure borders, tough on crime, deporting violent illegal aliens, eliminating DEI, protecting women and girls in sports and locker rooms, and spending the taxpayer money – your money – properly and within the mission and interests of the American people.
The department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was born from this promise. DOGE is uncovering massive waster fraud and abuse as it goes department by department and agency by agency – some worse than others. DOGE has cut at least $160 billion so far with a goal of $2 trillion.
It is also uncovering antiquated computer systems and generally poor stewardship practices. Extremely poor accounting practices have been uncovered showing payment systems that don’t record why the payment is being made or if the person is even alive or entitled to a payment. Millions in loans made to children were also found.
DOGE reported on X that, “In 2020-2021, Small Business Administration granted 5,593 loans for $312M to borrowers whose only listed owner was 11 years old or younger at the time of the loan. While it is possible to have business arrangements where this is legal, that is highly unlikely for these 5,593 loans, as they all also used an SSN with the incorrect name.”
This week, DOGE gave a shout out to Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy for terminating 7 wasteful grants with award value of $54M and savings of $51M, including: - $6M for “collaborative planning to address safety concerns of women and gender non-conforming people” - $12M for “accelerating equitable decarbonization” - $6M for “hyperlocal pollution exposure inequalities” in New York City.
Still other agencies and grants do not perform any service that is in the interest of the American people and some is in direct conflict with American values. DOGE staffers revealed in a recent interview with Fox News’ Jessie Waters that the United States Institute of Peace “is definitely the agency we've had the most fight at. We actually went into the agency and found they had loaded guns inside their headquarters. Additionally, we found that they were spending money on things like private jets, and they even had a $130,000 contract with a former member of the Taliban.”
DOGE also announced this week that agencies terminated 401 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $2.1B and savings of $613M, including a $276k Treasury contract for a “Kenya program coordinator”, a $228k Treasury contract for “Kenya, Uganda, Namibia and Tanzania cruiser vehicles”, a $24k DHS contract for “two day training on equal opportunity in employment”, a $15k DHS contract for “Out and Equal workplace advocates”, and a $5.9M DoC contract for “environmental consulting support services”.
It is important to note that although there are certainly individuals and agencies that exist to waste and defraud the taxpayer pocketbook, some agencies are simply mired in outdated systems, have layers of management that hamper any progress and efficiency, and other agencies have good people who work in agencies that have been allowed to bloat to the point that they are out of mission. These agencies and grants are being defunded and even eliminated.