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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/doge-said-it-cut-232-million-from-social-security-budget-it-was-only-about-half-a-million/
- Published: 2025-03-05T10:00:05-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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 […] Click here to view original web page at www.theintercept.com Related articles: DOGE Just Keeps Deleting Its ‘Savings’ – Gizmodo DOGE cancels 136 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau contracts in DC, Maryland, Virginia – WUSA9 DOGE isn’t Silicon Valley innovation—it’s just a sloppy rebrand of free-market dogma – Fast Company China, Russia Target Disgruntled Americans Fired by DOGE: Report – Newsweek Musk reposted meme saying people who benefit from federal programs are the ‘Parasite Class’ – Snopes