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rsdsharp

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8. $1 trillion over ten years? Not close.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:26 PM

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Being wildly generous, let’s say the average salary and benefits is $100,000 per year. Some will be more, but most will be less. Even at that inflated price that works out to $30,000,000,000 per year. That’s $30 billion. Multiply that by 10 years and you’re at $300 billion. Not $1 trillion.

That already inflated figure should be reduced, as others have pointed out, by the loss of tax revenue to the government(s), and contributions to the economy caused by the loss of income.

As I recall, DOGE was supposed to save $1-2 trillion annually. Smilin’ Kevin is a lying sack of shit.

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