DOGE Said It Cut $232 Million From Social Security Budget. It Was Only About Half a Million.

Photo caption: The Arthur J. Altmeyer Social Security Administration building at the agency’s headquarters in Woodlawn, Md., on Feb. 19, 2025. Photo credit: Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg via Getty Images. Article by Matt Sledge. The Intercept – February 20 2025.

The “Department of Government Efficiency” claimed to have saved the American taxpayer nearly $232 million by canceling an IT contract for the Social Security Administration. They were only off by about $231 million. In fact, the government cut only $560,000, a paltry savings generated by yet another […]

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