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a) Based on polling, only 3/10 Americans support DOGE [1].

b) There is widespread (almost unanimous you would imagine) support for reducing waste, corruption etc in government. The issue is how you do it and whether you are negatively impacting people for little gain.

c) And from what we've seen to date, DOGE has not found anything that wasn't already known long ago by the Inspectors Generals.

[1] https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5105472-donald-t...


> by Filip Timotija - 01/24/25 3:04 PM ET

Got anything more recent? Such as, after they started doing stuff?

Even supporters were wary of creating a new department for this, because of the risk of it just lingering around without doing much and expanding the federal government, before seeing how they went about it.


> a) Based on polling, only 3/10 Americans support DOGE [1].

and yet, here's an article that says the almost all of their focus group supports doge[0], saying explicitly:

> "These swing voters are delighted by Musk's Trump-endorsed government housecleaning,"

Got any sources for your "c" claim?

[0]: https://www.axios.com/2025/02/14/arizona-voters-trump-elon-m...


Why would someone acting in good faith do as much outrageous trolling as Trump and Musk do?


Well if his opposition would listen to reason, maybe he would try reasoning with them. There comes a point where argument goes off the table.


Little faith in the government it didn’t get to pick, like when hysterics were blaming Biden for everything wrong in their lives for four years?


Care to elaborate on your point? What's the "averqge' American as of now?


Someone who isn't predicting the fall of the federal government over a temporary card spending limit, I assume.


Nowhere did I say that. It's a shame an honest request for clarification is met so hostilly these days.




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