Sen. Richard Blumenthal has requested over 20 government watchdogs to assess the financial impact of DOGE's actions within federal agencies. He is focused on the costs related to federal agency reorganizations that included mass layoffs and project cancellations. A minority staff report indicated that the efficiency effort has caused over $21.7 billion in waste, contradicting its goal of reducing waste. Critics note that DOGE's initiatives have missed significant costs associated with mandatory programs and have resulted in expenditures that further burden the government.
The efficiency effort has generated at least $21.7 billion in waste across the federal government, despite its ostensible goal of eliminating government waste.
Critics argue that DOGE has not addressed the biggest costs to the government, which are in mandatory spending for programs like Social Security.
Some DOGE initiatives, like programs to pay federal employees not to work, have actually resulted in additional costs.
Blumenthal's staff estimate the administration's deferred resignation program to have a cost of $14.8 billion.
Collection
[
|
...
]