Sooner or later a Democrat will be in charge, and/or Dems in majority, and any "reserve" is a cookie jar. Paying down the debt sounds nice but they'll just run it up again.
The best use of the funds is whatever discredits them the most, and prevents further abuse the best.
Maybe build more federal prisons for corruptocrats. ;)
Or on my wish list, buy land. Panama, Canada, Greenland...
I would agree with you if DOGE / Trump was able to go back and collect past overpayments and fraud.. then we’d be talking 10s of Trillions and debt repayment would be in order, because tens of trillions sitting in a reserve would be plundered by the next Democrat or RINO administration.
However, I think the real savings from DOGE will be future outlays that won’t have to be sow t because we fixed the leak.
It’s like finding a burst water main pipe in your back yard and realizing thousands of gallons of water have been leaking for decades and you’ve been paying for it - you’re not going to get that water back - the benefit of fixing the leak is future savings.
If DOGE can get a Trillion $ of actual cash back from this audit I’ll be amazed - but assuming they can - that amount will not be available for debt repayment or tax refunds - it will be offset by the current deficit - at best we will finally not have a deficit in 2025.
Again, if I’m wrong and DOGE winds up with $10 trillion cash, I agree it should not be put in a reserve for future administrations to plunder.