DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis says.

It's an interesting (predictable?) look into the psyche here.

I work for a big company, and while yeah it's a big faceless company, the people treat us ICs as assets, not liabilities; the company makes money because of its employees, not in spite of them, and they --- colleagues, manager, director, SVP --- acknowledge that.

My partner's company OTOH seems to treat employees more as a liability --- the kind of attitude of "we'd be more profitable if we didn't have to pay you," which is really aggravating (different industry than mine, so this is more the norm mindset unfortunately).

It's really clear how this whole farce of a government agency views the world.