Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency task force is finally providing some numbers purporting to give examples of significant savings to the federal government from terminating wasteful spending.

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    5 days ago

    cockface: “i just saved the country eleventyteen billion gajillion bazillion dollars. and also saved the world”

    maga: “please lord elmo, nut in my eye”

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    Adding extra zeros is such a lazy way to make themselves look better (unless they’re expecting people are stupid enough to think they genuinely can mix up billion vs million). At least be a little inventive with fake numbers!

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      unless they’re expecting people are stupid enough to think they genuinely can mix up billion vs million

      They think they’re only smart people, so they aren’t expecting other people to be smart enough to realize they are stupid.