Doge has wasted billions of people who pay so they don’t work, reports the report

The so -called government efficiency department, a project that the administration of President Donald Trump promoted as the emblematic effort in his “war on waste”, has generated $ 21.7 billion in waste since its launch, the Democrats said in a new report on Thursday.

The amazing figure comes from the Democrats in the permanent subcommittee Senate, headed by Senator Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), Who launched his findings in a 55 -page report on losses accumulated by Doge, the creation of Trump and his billionaire friend who meets the Musk.

The results, the Democrats say, are the non -surprising result of a technological CEO with zero experience in the government that takes over a massive review of federal expenses, promising that “it was going to be a revolution.”

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“By prioritizing the interruption of governance and not identifying solutions for any of the problems it was intended to solve, Dege has created its own waste forms,” the report said.

The waste found in the investigation was largely generated by the Trump administration that paid hundreds of thousands of employees to stop working. That includes $ 14.8 billion under the Deferred Resignation Program, which has paid around 200,000 employees so that they do not work during the last eight months. The sources told Washington Post on Thursday that there are currently more than 154,000 federal employees in that program that are paid until September 30 or until the end of the year.

The total of $ 21.7 billion also includes $ 6.1 billion to pay more than 100,000 employees who were involuntarily separated from the federal service or in prolonged periods of administrative license.

One of the federal employees that Doge set out six months says they have no idea when their full salary and other benefits will end, or if they will be asked to return to the work they loved.

“Maybe this week, maybe next week, maybe the following week, or maybe next month,” said the worker, gave News themezone’s anonymity. “We all only guess and make predictions, and we generally be wrong.”

“Lege really forced waste, fraud and abuse by eliminating a large part of the Federal Labor Force.”

– Federal worker who was licensed

They hope to receive some news in the coming weeks, but do not endure their breath.

“I have said that many, many times in the last six months, and here I am still,” they said. Starting a different job would force them to formally leave their government work, give up compensation and lose their place at the forefront of the future government work.

Seeing the figure of $ 21.7 billion is especially frustrating, knowing that an important investigation has ceased and subsidies have stopped leaving.

“Lege really forced waste, fraud and abuse by eliminating much of the Federal Labor Force,” said the worker.

The waste found in the report also includes $ 110 million in food aid and medical supplies that are ruined in the stores, waiting for destruction. That will be destroyed “at an additional cost for taxpayers,” the report found. In an example provided, the United States is spending approximately $ 160,000 to incinerate $ 9.7 million in contraceptives because it allegedly refused to sell them to a third party to anything below the complete market value.

Another $ 66 million in the total come from slapping high -level employees with entry level tasks, including more than $ 138,000 “to pay scientists to review the guests in the national parks,” according to the findings. Doge requires people to approach physical government offices cost another $ 41 million in relocation rates.

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The $ 21.7 billion does not include the legal expenses of the Government of Dog -related demands, the report said, nor includes some indirect costs, such as the economic consequences of weakened disaster response agencies or the suffocated innovation of canceled subsidies.

“The total scope of the waste and the damage caused by Doge’s disruptive activities is difficult to quantify because the costs remain hidden and many of the consequences have not yet materialized completely,” the report said.

The White House did not respond immediately when he was contacted to comment on the report. DOGE He affirms that he has saved the Americans $ 199 billion so far, ascending at $ 1,236.02 per taxpayer.

The report asked the offices of the General Inspectors to initiate an investigation into Doge, which has continued Despite Musk’s consequences with Trump and department’s departure. According to the Doge website, it ended numerous employees of the interior departments, health and human services and national security, among others, last week.

“Understanding and quantifying the real costs of Doge’s operations,” the report concluded, “it is crucial to hold the administration responsible and prevent” similar efficiency ‘schemes similar in the future. “