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Utterly Ridiculous”: Americans Sound Off as DOGE Exposes Tax Dollars “Funding Every Pet Leftist Project” while Normal People Struggle to Pay Bills
American Tribune ^ | March 28, 2025 | Adam Stanton

Posted on 03/28/2025 7:07:48 AM PDT by Red Badger

More great news just dropped for those watching the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) tear through government waste. The department announced that dozens of wasteful federal contracts, representing $237 million in savings, have been terminated, doing so DOGE highlighted several wasteful grants, including $10M for “gender equity in the Mexican workplace.”

For context, DOGE was established by an executive order to implement cost-efficiency measures across federal agencies, and has focused on reducing federal spending by terminating or renegotiating contracts and grants, particularly those involving waste, fraud, or abuse.

This trend was exemplified by the announcement DOGE made on March 26, 2025, which listed the historic cuts. Annoucing these massive cuts, DOGE said, “Great work today by @USDOL @SecretaryLCD @Sonderling47 cancelling $577M in “America Last” grants for $237M in savings, including: – $10M for “gender equity in the Mexican workplace”-$12.2M for “worker empowerment in South America.'”

DOGE continued to list off the bizarre woke grants. It said, “$6.25M for “improving respect for Worker’s rights in agricultural supply chains” in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador – $5M for “elevating women’s participation in the workplace” in West Africa – $4.3M for “assisting foreign migrant workers” in Malaysia.”

To conclude their post, DOGE explained even more cases of shocking waste. It posted, “$3M to “enhance social security access and worker protections for internal migrant workers” in Bangladesh – $3M for “safe and inclusive work environments” in Lesotho.”

In the comments section under the original post, users congratulated DOGE on their savings. One of the users said, “When you’re tossing around someone else’s cash instead of your own, there’s no drive to trim expenses since the fallout doesn’t hit you directly. Keep racking up those savings, DOGE!”

Others expressed their suspicion about US foreign aid. One of the comments said, “These third-world NGOs can never be audited. Once the money is gone, there’s no telling where it went. It’s nothing but a giant money laundering scheme with vague labels on it.” Another reply agreed, saying, “I am deeply disturbed by what is being found, and while albeit grateful it is being ended, I fear what is not being identified.”

Many of the comments objected to spending taxpayer money on woke causes. One such comment said, “I want my 30k in taxes that I paid BACK. This is utterly ridiculous. I have been funding every pet leftist project it seems while I struggle to pay bills.” Another added, “Funding pet projects for the liberal agenda worldwide is not what I pictured our hard-earned tax contributions going to. I thought it was for America. This is absolutely ridiculous.”

Users said this woke spending comes at a steep cost to the American people. A reply read, “Calling it “America Last” couldn’t be more accurate! Even if we weren’t 36 TRILLION in debt, these would still be wasteful spending, but to spend money like that when we are in debt meaning we have to pay interest on it as well is truly an America Last act.” Users also, “Every dollar saved abroad is one that can be reinvested in American workers and communities. Efficiency isn’t just good governance — it’s common sense.”

Watch Doge’s progress here:

VIDEO AT LINK.......................


TOPICS: Government; History; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: doge; fraud; ngos; racketeering

1 posted on 03/28/2025 7:07:48 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

If you ever need valid reasons to hate the left, look no further than they way they waste our money.


2 posted on 03/28/2025 7:15:25 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Red Badger

According to taxfoundation.org the bottom 50% of taxpayers pay $822 a year and the average for all taxpayers is $13,800 a year.

$10M for “gender equity in the Mexican workplace” would take 12,165 taxpayers in the bottom 50% or 719 average taxpayers to pay. Of course you could also say it would take 12,165 years for a bottom 50% of taxpayers or 719 years for am average taxpayer to pay. That is for a measly $10 million.


3 posted on 03/28/2025 7:23:30 AM PDT by TN4Trump
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To: Red Badger

BIDEN AND RHE LEFT WING DEMOCRATS DONT CARE ABOUT AMERICANS OR THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY.

VOTE DEMOCRATS OUT.

WELL DONE DOGE !!!!!


4 posted on 03/28/2025 7:27:48 AM PDT by Pearfect (Ou can't beat the competition lock-e et )
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To: Red Badger

I hope DOGE takes some time to audit the back end of these grants. I suspect a lot are simply nice-sounding projects intended to hide black ops, bribes or insurrectionists here and abroad. Who actually received the funds?


5 posted on 03/28/2025 8:02:26 AM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: Red Badger

Imagine if members of Congress had to actually publicly vote on spending taxpayer money for transgender comic books in Peru, to study menstrual issues in men or give Gazans millions of dollars for condoms. Maybe we need to confront our Congress critters and ask them how they would vote on spending money for these projects. People should be mad as hell their tax money is being wasted on such crap.


6 posted on 03/28/2025 8:13:17 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: caseinpoint

Guarantee 95% of the money for those claimed projects is going in someone’s pocket and funneled back to democrats.


7 posted on 03/28/2025 8:30:58 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: No name given

You blame this all on the left? What was the Republican party doing about this epic widespread fraud and abuse of the taxpayers?


8 posted on 03/28/2025 8:42:44 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Red Badger

Just what I was telling my wife. We work like slaves to pay taxes and they just pad their pockets with the money. I can not begin to describe my anger. Are we supposed to let them back in power to keep doing that?


9 posted on 03/28/2025 9:59:39 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

If we do, they will...................


10 posted on 03/28/2025 10:00:10 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Legislation must be put in place to prevent this from ever happening again.....................


11 posted on 03/28/2025 10:00:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Elon is leaving in two months. Now, will Congress get to cutting the tagged programs, or will this all join the Grace Commission in the round file?


12 posted on 03/28/2025 12:01:54 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: Red Badger

Yesterday, I sent off our 2024 form 1040, associated docs and a check for thousands of dollars to the US Treasury.

In emails then flamed my congressional delegation for blowing through trillions in waste and fraud while screwing taxpayers.

We do not hate Congress enough.


13 posted on 03/28/2025 2:41:51 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: lurk

Sad to say but I do believe the plan is to wait DOGE out. I really feel sorry for those who put their lives on hold to help This nation were rejected after all their hard work.


14 posted on 03/28/2025 6:14:30 PM PDT by griswold3 (Truth Beauty and Goodness)
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