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Pluralistic: It's pretty easy to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, actually (27 Jan 2025)


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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on January 27, 2025January 31, 2025Categories UncategorizedTags beltway bandits, david dayen, doge, elon musk, gao, government accountability office, government efficiency, procurement, public sector capacity, the american prospect, Vivek Ramaswamy4 Comments on Pluralistic: It's pretty easy to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, actually (27 Jan 2025)

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