Finally, a government agency that’s actually SAVING money instead of burning through your hard-earned tax dollars like a drunken sailor on shore leave.
At a Glance
- DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) has terminated 312 wasteful government contracts worth $2.8 billion, saving taxpayers $470 million
- Among the axed contracts: $286,000 for a Harvard entrepreneurship course and $485,000 for a “senior advisor” in Madagascar
- DOGE has saved an estimated $180 billion in government spending overall – about $1,118 per taxpayer
- The agency targeted absurd spending like $620,000 for a teen pregnancy prevention program for “transgender boys” and a $10 million “decolonization” curriculum project
- Congress is working to make these cuts permanent through the Rescissions Act of 2025
Your Government Is Finally Cutting Wasteful Spending
While Washington has spent decades perfecting the art of wasting your money, there’s finally a glimmer of hope in the bureaucratic darkness. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is showing that government can actually function like a responsible organization instead of a black hole for taxpayer dollars. In just one week, DOGE announced the termination of 312 “wasteful contracts” with a combined value of $2.8 billion, putting $470 million back where it belongs – in the pockets of American taxpayers.
“Over the last 7 days, agencies have terminated 312 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $2.8B and savings of $470M, including a DoD $286k professional and management development contract for an “entrepreneurship course at Harvard University”, and a $485k USAID contract for a “senior general development advisor at USAID Madagascar.” – DOGE
Let that sink in. Your government was spending nearly half a million dollars for a “senior advisor” in Madagascar. Exactly what vital national security interest was being served there? And $286,000 for Harvard entrepreneurship courses? Harvard’s endowment is over $50 billion – they don’t need your tax dollars to teach entrepreneurship. The sheer audacity of these expenditures would be comical if it wasn’t YOUR money being flushed down the toilet.
The Taxpayer Savings Are Adding Up
DOGE isn’t just making small cuts around the edges. The agency has saved an estimated $180 billion in government spending since its inception, which equates to approximately $1,118 for every American taxpayer. These savings aren’t coming from essential services either. They’re coming from contract and lease cancellations, grant terminations, fraud elimination, asset sales, and workforce reductions in bloated bureaucracies that have been growing unchecked for decades.
“Weather Radio Update! Since the last update, @NWS has upgraded 33 more sites to wireless, saving $118k/mo in copper contracts. See below transmission from Conway Summit, CA. The team has ramped up production of the wireless kits from 9 to 50/wk. ~340 sites to go!” – DOGE
The biggest contributors to the savings have been the Departments of Health and Human Services, State, Defense, the General Services Administration, and Education – all notorious sinkholes for taxpayer money. Among the most significant cost-cutting measures were the cancellation of a $2.9 billion refugee resettlement program (because Americans should come first), a $1.9 billion tech program that was likely as effective as most government IT projects (read: not at all), and a $1.7 billion grant program.
Your Tax Dollars Were Funding WHAT?!
If you think those examples were bad, wait until you hear what else DOGE uncovered. Your hard-earned money was funding a $620,000 teen pregnancy prevention program for “transgender boys.” Let that absurdity marinate for a moment. Biological females who identify as males aren’t actually at risk for pregnancy unless they engage in sexual activity with males. But somehow, the government thought this deserved over half a million of your tax dollars.
“Effective today, the public contracting database, Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS), will now have 3 new data fields to increase transparency related to contracting actions for active contracts, such as “has this contract been closed out?” and “has there been a descoping action?”. Previously, modifications were limited to vague termination and cancellation actions. This update has been sent government-wide to all agency Senior Procurement Executives for immediate adoption.” – DOGE
And then there’s the $10 million curriculum “decolonization” project. Because apparently teaching math, science, and reading skills isn’t as important as indoctrinating children with woke ideology about how America is somehow fundamentally evil. This is precisely the kind of nonsensical spending that DOGE is targeting. Now led by Amy Gleason after Elon Musk’s departure, the agency is working with the U.S. General Services Administration on what they call the “Radical Transparency about Wasteful Spending” initiative – a concept that terrifies career bureaucrats.
Making Fiscal Responsibility Permanent
The House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency recently held a hearing advocating for the codification of DOGE’s spending cuts. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene emphasized the importance of institutionalizing the fight against waste, fraud, and abuse. The truth is, without permanent changes to the system, bureaucrats will simply return to their wasteful ways once the spotlight moves elsewhere. That’s why the House passed HR 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025, which would codify some of DOGE’s cuts into law.
“fiscal sanity” – David Burton
With the national debt exceeding $37 trillion and growing by the second, DOGE’s work is just a drop in the bucket of what needs to be done. But it’s a start – and a refreshing one at that. For too long, both parties have talked a big game about reducing waste while doing precisely nothing about it. DOGE is proving that with the right leadership and mandate, government can actually function efficiently. Now it’s up to Congress and the President to ensure these changes become permanent, rather than just another temporary fix in Washington’s endless cycle of fiscal irresponsibility.
