All of the receipts on the stupid DGE website so far have been lacking any and all context, which makes their “savings” worthless without more accounting. Okay, so they cut $1bn from one program by cancelling it, but what if that $1bn that was being spent was generating a return of investment down the road? Then they cut a service that actually ended up costing the taxpayers less than the alternative, which then needs to be recouped somehow.
I compare it to a mayor slashing the police budget because crime is at an all time low - completely ignoring that the cause of the crime being low was a well-funded police force. Shortsighted idiots should never be in charge of money.
I bet they’ll defund the IRS too. Did you know that every dollar in IRS funding brings multiple dollars back to the federal budget? It’ll have diminishing returns eventually, but the 1:1 point hasn’t been hit. Essentially it’s because IRS can catch more tax evaders if they have better funding.
All of the receipts on the stupid DGE website so far have been lacking any and all context, which makes their “savings” worthless without more accounting. Okay, so they cut $1bn from one program by cancelling it, but what if that $1bn that was being spent was generating a return of investment down the road? Then they cut a service that actually ended up costing the taxpayers less than the alternative, which then needs to be recouped somehow.
I compare it to a mayor slashing the police budget because crime is at an all time low - completely ignoring that the cause of the crime being low was a well-funded police force. Shortsighted idiots should never be in charge of money.
Only the savings matter to them unfortunately.
I bet they’ll defund the IRS too. Did you know that every dollar in IRS funding brings multiple dollars back to the federal budget? It’ll have diminishing returns eventually, but the 1:1 point hasn’t been hit. Essentially it’s because IRS can catch more tax evaders if they have better funding.
Some things that just have high prices are worth it, because all the alternatives can be worse.