New York Times reports DOGE web site took down its "greatest hits" when they turned out to be wildly exaggerated or nonexistent. An $8 billion cut in Immigration and Customs Enforcement was actually $8 million, off by a factor of 1000 $655 million cut in Agency for International Development was actually $18 million counted multiple times $232 million cut at Social Security was actually $560,000. In federal budge, that's pocket change. $1.9 billion cut at Treasury Department actually took place during Biden Administration $49 billion in various cuts were programs that President Musk cancelled but funds had already been disbursed https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/upshot/doge-spending-cuts-changed.html
Tesla is already working on the humanoid robots to do all household chores. If they can do that they can certainly "rake forests" as well as a person... I've always thought running livestock through forest would be a better solution for forest management. Or just bring back predator species to run large game through the forests...
I think Musk would be more likely to go with a cheaper solution. Use the “illegals” and give them a name more appealing to the MAGA base reflecting making maximum return on resource lands: State Lumber Area Value Extractors.
Maybe they need to look at Trump's golfing Trips. Already $18 million in taxpayers money in just first two months. During his first term it cost a total of $151 million in taxpayer money. At the rate he's golfing during this term, he will surpass $300 million in taxpayers money.
