Elon Musk promised $2T in savings — but DOGE turned into a financial disaster
⏺ The DOGE initiative, spearheaded by Elon Musk, has led to $21.7 billion in losses during the first half of 2025.
⏺ Roughly $14.8B was spent on salaries for inactive government employees
⏺ Over $6B went to severance and paid leave for laid-off workers
⏺ $263M was lost due to suspended government loans
⏺ The rest was eaten up by bureaucracy, relocations, and failed initiatives
⏺ Senator Blumenthal called the DOGE program a "flop" and demanded a full audit of 27 federal agencies.
💬 What was supposed to be a bold cost-saving reform ended up as one of the most expensive experiments in U.S. government history.