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https://nitter.poast.org/overton_news/status/1902908276662210592#m

DOGE insider Sam Corcos, special adviser to the U.S. Treasury Department, just unloaded a jaw-dropping exposé on the IRS and Treasury’s chaotic operations.

He’s pulling the mask off, and it’s wild.

1]. IRS’ Massive IT Dept. Outstrips Midsize Banks by 175x Budget and 40x Staff

“A typical midsize bank will have somewhere between 1 and 200 people in IT and they have an operations and maintenance budget in like the $20 million a year range. We have 8,000 people in IT, and our operations and maintenance budget is $3.5 billion a year. I don’t really know why yet.”

2]. Contractors Eat Up 80% of IRS’ Massive Operations Budget

“I will tell that you 80% of that budget goes to contractors and licenses——We cannot perform the basic functions of tax collection without paying a toll to all these contractors.”

3]. IRS’ Modernization Is a $3.7 Billion Money Pit

“We have a $3.5 billion operations maintenance budget. We have $3.7 billion modernization effort within it. That’s a lot of budget and way beyond any reasonable cost for what you would expect at a private company for this.”

4]. Ghost Contracts Bleed Millions With No Accountability

“You find contracts that are 10, 20, 30, $50 million and you just ask like, why are we doing this? And everyone’s just like, meh, I don’t know. And then you cancel it and then nothing happens. It’s just inertia, has just taken over.”

Patrick says

You find contracts that are 10, 20, 30, $50 million and you just ask like, why are we doing this? And everyone’s just like, meh, I don’t know. And then you cancel it and then nothing happens. It’s just inertia, has just taken over.”

The entire government runs like this.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/chuck-schumer-says-quiet-part-loud-we-did/

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/president-trump-issues-dire-warning-as-radical-left/

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1904209863128814043

https://x.com/UveBeenNudged/status/1904654880767435014

Holy Fucking Shit!

Video too long to post here but worth it. See link below.



https://x.com/GavinSBaker/status/1906785597035061369

Blah-blah-blah. Have they disclosed whether the alleged 369 yo guy's account got any real money transferred to it. Doesn't even require a long video, just some bank statements.

RWSGFY says

Blah-blah-blah. Have they disclosed whether the alleged 369 yo guy's account got any real money transferred to it. Doesn't even require a long video, just some bank statements.

Video wasn't even about that. Good job exposing what a pantload of TDS you have, tho .

Reminds me of some PatNetters.

Love how the lady clearly has a Canadian accent.

Republican Senator Jim Banks calls a fired HHS worker a "clown" after the man followed him around, demanding he get his job back.

You could not have timed the elevator door closing better than this.

Worker: "Are you gonna do anything to stop what's happening?"

Banks: "You probably deserved it."

Worker: "Why why did I deserve it?"

Banks: "Because you seem like a clown"

Senior leaders at HHS put on administrative leave amid staff cuts - report.

Leadership at some agencies that are part of HHS have begun to receive notices stating they have been put on administrative leave, though they have been offered reassignment to locations far from Washington.

In addition, rank-and-file employees have begun to receive layoff notices, according to The Washington Post.

HHS had announced the layoffs on March 27 as part of a restructuring effort. The department said the staff reductions would save taxpayers $1.8B and cut its workforce to 62,000 from 82,000.

Among the high-profile employees placed on administrative leave, according to the newspaper, is Jeanne Marrazzo, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. She succeeded Anthony Fauci, a familiar face who played a central role in the country's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brian King, director of the U.S. FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, has also been placed on administrative leave.

Those offered reassignments have been given a choice of locations, such as Alaska; Billings, Mont.; the Navajo Nation; and Oklahoma. They are to submit their preference by April 2 at 5p, the Post reported.

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4427589-senior-leaders-hhs-put-administrative-leave-amid-staff-cuts

Patrick says

very true. reading european and ukrainian news shit on Trump all day long… that was a very large gravy train.

The_Deplorable says

If true that's crap. But I also always question where they get these net worths from? I know they have disclosure and forms they have to fill out. It is easy to hide money though. He could be having donors and lobbyist give him $9,900 cash daily 365 days a year. Wouldn't trigger a damn thing.

It's a game 99.9% of us don't know. There are so many loopholes in the system. Unless they inherited a family home paid off and invest and bank their salary for 40 years, even then no chance you have 85M. Maybe 15-20M at that salary.

WookieMan says

The_Deplorable says

If true that's crap. But I also always question where they get these net worths from? I know they have disclosure and forms they have to fill out. It is easy to hide money though. He could be having donors and lobbyist give him $9,900 cash daily 365 days a year. Wouldn't trigger a damn thing.

It's a meme, thus no validation required. Someone on twatter said so and someome else made a screenshot. YOU CAN TAKE IT TO THE BANK AND DEPOSIT AS SOLID GOLD.

Of course, congresscritters do engage in insider trading. Chucky does, Pelosi does and MTG just did practically in the open.

RWSGFY says

Of course, congresscritters do engage in insider trading.

Insider trading for Congress is specifically allowed. Despicable, but not nearly as bad as laundered bribes. At least with insider trading, there is nobody to grant favors to. Book deals, speaking fees, high paying jobs for relatives, and high paying jobs after leaving Congress all are paybacks for services rendered.

Much ado about nothing.

RWSGFY says

Much ado about nothing.

About $3k per taxpaying household. Makes for a decent weekend getaway.

The_Deplorable says

Is there a detailed list of these?

HeadSet says

Is there a detailed list of these?

Probably not. It's a meme. No one can copy and paste a link anymore or just type what they saw. The internet is becoming a picture book for adults. Or children? I don't know which at this point.

Misc says

About $3k per taxpaying household. Makes for a decent weekend getaway.

$3k for just a weekend? I need to start a travel thread. I can do that for 7 days with 5 people and it still be a great trip. Not a knock.

If it's just a couple I could turn that into a massive vacation. Or a really upscale 5 day trip.

To the OP I agree any cuts are good cuts. Not sure why people complain about it. Remember we've shut the border down basically. You have to figure that into the accounting.

True?

Patrick says

True?

Musk says any BS he likes and people believe him because he has had business successes. Where are the robotaxis? It is amazing how much latitude people with "successful businesses" are given. People in the US worship them.

psychoh says

Patrick says

True?

Musk says any BS he likes and people believe him because he has had business successes. Where are the robotaxis? It is amazing how much latitude people with "successful businesses" are given. People in the US worship them.

The left set all bars so impossibly low.

psychoh says

Musk says any BS he likes and people believe him because he has had business successes. Where are the robotaxis? It is amazing how much latitude people with "successful businesses" are given. People in the US worship them.

The first Tesla Robotaxi network is coming out in 6 weeks in Austin, TX.

The latest version of Tesla FSD is absolutely amazing.

What Elon has already accomplished in rocketry with SpaceX alone is sufficient to give him wide latitude to be an independent set of eyes with DOGE IMO.

https://www.reddit.com/r/RealTesla/comments/1iwxh29/history_of_tesla_robotaxi_announcements/
Meanwhile .. Waymo's are currently buzzing around in San Francisco (only a touch more difficult than Austin lol)

I don't even care about robotaxis, just that billionaires are not accountable and actively fuck us for even more billions.
Bill Burr in '28 https://www.cracked.com/article_46212_bill-burr-rips-sweatshops-and-ai-slave-labor-amid-trade-wars.html

Wouldn't DOGE savings estimates be slashed every time some activist judge intervenes and forces the rampant corrupt spending to continue?

socal2 says

What Elon has already accomplished in rocketry with SpaceX alone is sufficient to give him wide latitude to be an independent set of eyes with DOGE IMO.

Never had an issue with Musk. But if his task was to cut, I'd expect at least $500B to $1T in the first year. It's on Trump as well. More money is wasted on states where Senators are the decision maker and not the House Rep. Dick Durbin or Tammy Duckworth don't have a clue what is going on in my town, let alone Trump.

Problem is 60-70% of people don't even know their house rep. So they're free to money approved for shit that doesn't matter and help buddies out. Congress is broken and so is the intelligence of American citizens.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/forked-redux-wednesday-april-16-2025

They’re forked again! Yesterday, Bloomberg ran an encouraging story headlined, “Federal Workers Jump at Buyout Offers They Once Shunned.” DOGE sent a second buyout offer to federal employees, coloquially called “Fork in the Road Part 2,” and this time they seem to be listening. They should take the deal or quit complaining.

This time, Fork 2 is being stabbed from each agency, rather than as a centralized offer like Fork 1. Bloomberg reported that about 20,000 IRS employees —about 20% of the agency’s staff— accepted the forking offer. By comparison, only 3,700 of them took the first stab. The paper also reported that 3,700 prodded DOE workers took the new deal (double the 1,300 who jumped the first time), and 4,000 DOT workers have so far signed on (about 7% of the agency’s total).

It seems to be everywhere. Politico said the Pentagon’s entire “Digital Design Services” team is taking the deal (all 14 of them, but still).

Wow - it's been all of 3 months with nonstop judicial and bureaucratic obstacles (even death threats!) and DOGE hasn't managed to cut TRILLIONS from our Federal government yet?

Total losers - right?

https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1913741904887370170

DOGE CLEARED IN NLRB WHISTLEBLOWER FIASCO — NOW THE ACCUSER’S IN THE HOT SEAT

Daniel J. Berulis claimed Elon’s DOGE team hacked into the NLRB — that’s the National Labor Relations Board — and funneled sensitive data to Russia.

One problem: they never had a login. Not even a password reset email.

Turns out Berulis filed a national security complaint based on a gut feeling, not evidence.

Now folks are asking the DOJ to investigate him — because making up a spy story isn’t a harmless mix-up.