Musk's "Exit" from the Dogecoin Department, is the 20 Trillion Thrift Dream a Joke? The Truth About the Federal Budget’s “Paper Tiger” Revealed!

Musk posted yesterday, officially bidding farewell to his "special government employee" status, thanking Trump for giving him the opportunity to cut government waste, and also predicting: "The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will become a way of life."

Sounds like he wants to shake up the entire Washington?

But looking at the data—it's laughable.

The annual thrift target of 20 trillion, in reality, has only materialized to less than 10 billion. This is still the 9.3 billion dollar cut plan that Congress recently barely approved, not even a rounding error.

Here's the key: DOGE has no real power.

Can't cut agencies

Can't terminate contracts

Suggestions are just suggestions, and everything still needs presidential approval and congressional legislation.

In plain terms, it's just a combination of a "consulting group + publicity tool."

Manhattan Institute analysts fired back directly: "DOGE is all noise and no rain."

And the real power remains tightly held by those congressional members—no one, even within the Republican Party, wants Musk as a "technical vigilante" to disrupt their political power landscape.

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