(March 2, 2025)

Elon updated DOGE website, claiming to have fixed the mistakes we all pointed out—haha. But instead of correcting them, he just added more false claims. He even inflated his so-called “savings” total from $55 billion to $65 billion, when in reality, the actual increase is only from $2 billion to $2.3 billion.

Even better? He’s counting fully paid-out contracts as “savings.” Essentially, he’s saying: Here, take the money, but you don’t need to do the work. So now free handouts count as cost-cutting? Bold strategy.

Data Entry Errors and Quiet Revisions

- $8 billion typo – A contract worth $8 million was mistakenly reported as $8 billion in savings.

- Triple-counted project – A USAID project worth $655 million was counted three times. Initially reported as nearly $2 billion in savings, now corrected to $18 million.

- Social Security contract mistake – Originally claimed $250 million in savings for a contract that wasn’t even canceled; later revised to $560,000 for ending a “Gender X” marker initiative.

Misleading and Incorrect Data

- Contracts counted as savings, despite not being canceled:

- $4 billion from the initial batch is still included, even though those contracts remain active.

- A $1.9 billion IRS contract was canceled but is still included in misleading ways.

- Misuse of “indefinite delivery” contracts and blanket purchase agreements – These act as lines of credit rather than fixed spending, but they were counted as savings anyway.

- Projected savings will shrink over time due to termination costs.

Incorrect Contract Links and Mismatches

- Small Business Administration error – A contract for a “Shuttered Venue Program” was wrongly linked to an unrelated research support agreement that was never canceled.

- NIH contract misrepresentation – Claimed savings from a $99 million contract, but the actual canceled contract was only $9.9 million, with under $1 million in savings.

- Health and Human Services mix-up – A $150 million savings claim was actually linked to an active $119,000 contract for refrigerated liquid gases, instead of the correct $1.4 million administrative contract.

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