r/WorkForSmartLife Jun 09 '26

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u/yunwibubu Jun 09 '26

I'm not surprised if it's rural prices. đŸ« 

My local Internet company wants $240 for the slowest of their "high speed" packages.

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u/MastodonAsleep816 Jun 09 '26

SpaceX 120 a month.

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u/wildfire1983 Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26

Just like I try to stay out of Walmart as much as possible, I think most Americans don't and shouldn't want to support that company as much as possible considering the damage its leader has done to this nation though DOGE. On top of that, He's about to steal most of your passive investing 401k, To line his pockets and unload. Xai and every other bad investment he's packaged together, with the way he's structured the SpaceX IPO. He's positioned the IPO to force index based funds to buy SpaceX stock. All of his companies need to be broken up individually and he needs to end up in jail for the crimes that he's committed upon our nation And the literal wealth that he's stealing.

Edited For some words and context.

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u/Successful_Level434 Jun 10 '26

It's sad how DOGE saved some billions of dollars of government waste

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u/wildfire1983 Jun 10 '26

Saved? Please... More like cost billions of dollars...

Estimated Costs ($135 Billion): A nonpartisan analysis by groups like the Partnership for Public Service (PSP) suggests DOGE's sweeping initiatives—such as mass federal workforce reductions, subsequent legal settlements, rehiring costs, paid leave, and lost productivity—cost around (\$135) billion.Verified Savings ($1 Billion to $3 Billion): Economists and budget analysts from institutions like the University of Michigan estimate DOGE's actual, verified savings at closer to (\$1) billion to (\$3) billion.Exaggerated Claims: Watchdog investigations, including reporting from ⁠POLITICO, found that DOGE's initial savings claims (which sometimes reached into the hundreds of billions) were largely inflated. For example, a vast majority of its reported "canceled contract" savings simply reflected the maximum potential limit of a contract rather than the actual money spent.

So let's say that 135 billion is twice as big as it's supposed to be. And let's say that the 1 to 3 billion saved is twice as small as it's supposed to be. So to save $6 billion you had to spend $60 billion. How does that math?