What DOGE Didn’t Touch

He’s a jew, they all are. His grandfather was pimping technocracy 80 years ago. At some point, you would think, people would wake up to who is fucking them, Nope. Won;t happen. Mindfucked by school and tv, tools of the trade for Schlomo.

The *other* Eric Peters — a hedge fund honcho — checks in from J-hole:

“We expect federal deficits to widen, reaching nearly 9% of GDP by 2035, up from 6.4% in 2024, driven mainly by increased interest payments on debt, rising entitlement spending, and relatively low revenue generation,” wrote Moody’s on Friday.

“Federal interest payments are likely to absorb around 30% of revenue [!!!] by 2035, up from about 18% in 2024 and 9% in 2021.”

‘And of course, investors have by now come to terms with the fact that the US will expand its debt at an absurdly rapid rate until markets force austerity on it. But no one is quite sure when that will happen, only that when it does there will be almost nowhere to hide, and hell to pay.‘

https://archive.ph/Xkrp3#selection-803.0-811.129

RINOs did this to us. Then Demonrats will take the wheel in 2028 to drive this busload of bozos off the cliff in a final, glorious Thelma & Louise plunge into the void.

We’ve all got wheels to take ourselves away
We’ve got telephones to say what we can’t say
We’ve all got higher and higher every day
Come on wheels, take this boy away

— Flying Burrito Brothers, Wheels

Who can argue with improved and more efficient slavery? Your sewer provided drinking water will be less contaminated with fluoride and your bread will be upgraded from white to wheat sprayed with “organic” glyphosate. And every citizen will be provided with a Musk approved 1950’s rebuilt school desk to hide under in case of nuclear war. You’ll be saving $100K over build a bomb shelter. Damn efficient!

They only come out at night …

‘After gaveling in after 10 p.m. on Sunday, the House Budget Committee voted 17-16 to advance the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

‘The four Republican holdouts who had tanked the vote on Friday — Reps. Ralph Norman (S.C.), Chip Roy (Texas), Andrew Clyde (Ga.), and Josh Brecheen (Okla.) — voted present to allow the bill to go forward, with Roy revealing that there was progress on moving up the start date for new Medicaid work requirements and speeding up the phase-out of green energy incentives.

‘In a sign of the high-stakes nature of the vote, the Speaker as well as White House Legislative Affairs Director James Braid made appearances off a room to the side of the late night Budget Committee affair.

‘Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said they are counting the vote “as a big win tonight.”’

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5306895-republicans-budget-committee-vote-trump-bill/

So the fiscally conservative Gang of Four’s principled stand on budget cuts lasted all of 48 hours.

This is the ‘mend not end’ RINO party that we know so well, caving on every principle it ever stood for.

Understand that Medicaid work requirements and green energy incentives are loose change under the couch cushions compared to the trillion-dollah grift of ‘defense’ [sic]. But these old chestnuts are always handy to roast over a crackling fire for the benefit of wide-eyed Lügenpresse stenographers. So much winning!

Bottom line is, all roads of evil lead to Washington DC. How did that happen, get ready folks because the simple truth isn’t going to set you free it’s going to demonstrate how far gone many are by their refusal to deal with honest truth. In 1818 the Organic 13th Amendment was ratified with VA being the final state needed for the ratification. The Founders hated the wordsmiths that the English BAR (British Accreditation Registry) so the took the citizenship away from BAR’ed lawyers. All the Constitutions printed by the federal government for the States and Territories had the 13th Amendment listed. The media fought hard for Lincoln to be president, as did Henry Clay the speaker of the house from IL. (Same IL congressman Lincoln) a 3 way race with Lincoln getting a few votes more than 1/3 of the votes. The media went to war against Lincoln not being a legal citizen. Lincoln’s back was against the wall. So he had Union troops invade the South and then under a state of emergency removed the 13th Amendment from the Constitution. The media went into overdrive so Lincoln suppended the 1st Amendment and had over 600 publishers sent to an East Coast military prison. Lincoln became a great man to the parasites the live off Washington DC because he ended the USA as a Constitutional Republic. The USA no longer was made up of Solvent States and citizens but Subject citizens and their states of residence. The bottom line is, fall in and go along with your masters in Washington DC or suffer the boot on your neck and it’s ever increasing pressure or live a Subject’s life with a set of rose colored glasses.
Do your own research and see every word is complete truth.

USTreasury bond downgrade chart vs. POTUS spendthrift criminal:

https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F06743437-aefb-4498-9bd7-dd402d4b80d3_1958x1300.jpeg

… and one day the bond traders awoke from their long RIP van winkle nap, and they all suddenly realized that long bonds were risky and they sold their bonds making interest rates jump higher, which only made more bond traders to sell theirs …

ZH – quoth the raven

“On Friday, the U.S. lost its last perfect credit rating as Moody’s downgraded it from ‘AAA’ to ‘Aa1,’ citing decades of rising deficits and interest costs. This ends a perfect rating streak held since 1917. Moody’s had warned in 2023 that a downgrade was possible, following similar moves by Fitch in 2023 and S&P in 2011.

The layers of irony behind this downgrade—and its timing—aren’t lost on me.

It’s a farce, really. By the logic Moody’s is now applying, the downgrade should have happened a decade ago, when it became painfully clear that the U.S. had a crippling spending addiction, compounded by a monetary ideology that essentially tried to reverse the fundamental laws of debits and credits.

Yes, it’s bad enough that the U.S. now carries $37 trillion in debt. But what’s worse is that, despite this massive burden, deficits have continued to grow—clear proof that we’ve learned nothing about fiscal restraint. Our refusal to stop putting everything on the national credit card, and our complete disregard for basic math and economic reality, should have triggered multiple downgrades over the past decade.

But the real kicker isn’t just the reckless spending—it’s our full embrace of Modern Monetary Theory, which doesn’t just ignore this irresponsibility but actively encourages it. Yet, somehow, Moody’s didn’t see a problem with monetary policy anytime before Friday.
Moody’s: “It’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I just don’t care…”

Every time Paul Krugman wrote another column or Stephanie Kelton published a new book—and then got a national media platform to promote it—the U.S. deserved a downgrade.

Every time the Federal Reserve and the people responsible for advocating asinine monetary theory put on full display their inability to understand the economy or forecast economic events, it should have sent a message to rating agencies that the country is flying blind when it comes to fiscal and monetary policy, and that we deserved a downgrade.

When Ben Bernanke publicly said things like “we can print money at no cost,” the country should have been downgraded.

When Bernanke said the subprime crisis was “contained”, before it caused the collapse of the entire global economy, we should have been downgraded.

Every time a Fed governor like Neel Kashkari went on national television to declare that the Federal Reserve had “infinite money,” we should have been downgraded.

When Janet Yellen kept interest rates at 0% for years despite a roaring U.S. economy that was clearly no longer in need of unlimited stimulus, the country should have been downgraded.”

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Matches my sentiments exactly. Moody’s US Treasury downgrade is coming WAY LATE, the out of control deficit spending is going to blow up in their faces, probably sooner than later. A surge in interest rates, which they can’t stop, is going to be like the singing canary in the coal mine that suddenly goes tits up. That day is coming. We are like the freight train that went over the cliff into the ravine, everything is great in the free fall, until the last moment when reality smacks you in the face.

From The Market Ear:

Despite proposed spending cuts ($1.5–2T over 10 years), the [Big, Butt-ugly] bill does not materially reduce the annual deficit. The U.S. may be adding $2.5 trillion to the federal debt each year going forward.

‘With U.S. debt nearing $37 trillion, and 30-year Treasury yields approaching 5%, annual interest payments are expected to reach $1.9–$2 trillion—roughly 7% of GDP.

‘This is seen as a fiscal time bomb: “7 cents of every dollar in the U.S. economy goes to past overspending.”

Translation: we’re f#¢<ed!

Giving 535 Congress Clowns an 'elastic currency' [courtesy of the Federal Reserve counterfeiters] turned out to be as prudent as handing a posse of 16-year-old boys a handle of bourbon, a crack pipe, and the keys to a Maserati.

What the hell did we expect??

It’s right there, in the name, as Ben Shapiro likes to say.

“Government efficiency” is an oxymoron. It was always going to be a swindle.

A supercilious euro-peon lectures us on the error of our automotive ways:

‘Europe’s sleeper train network has been enjoying a renaissance, revitalized in the age of flygskam (the Swedish word for the feeling of climate guilt associated with the emissions from airline travel).

‘But as Europe embraces the night train, the US seems to be sleepwalking into a transport dead end. In Trump’s second term, the road ahead seems clear: more gas-guzzling cars, planes and rockets.

‘One reason for this is America’s identity as a land of individual freedom, an idea embodied by the mid-20th-century automobile. It’s clear that it hasn’t served America well. Far from freewheeling dream machines, cars now can represent headaches and nightmares — a depressing necessity in a congested land with few alternatives.

‘I should probably declare myself as someone who doesn’t drive and enjoys meeting and talking to strangers.’ — NYT

https://archive.ph/Ldz4V#selection-869.214-869.322

This impudent journo-twat from Scotland, who could be thrown into gaol for a mean tweet about immigrants, presumes to rebuke us for our errant ways. How about we give him a shiv to the stomach? That’s how I expiate my ‘climate guilt’ [snort; LOL] — with a self-indulgent frisson of ultraviolence. 🙂

OBTW, speaking of these psychotic, evil, murderous clowns, I hope that you all didn’t miss the article in today’s Lew Rockwell, “Donald Trump Now Owns the Ukraine War” by Chuck Baldwin.

Never mind ending the Ukraine war in 24 hours, or 100 days, Trump himself is going to make sure it continues until he can wash his hands and walk away. Gonna “fix” Gaza is he?

You know what, go read the lyrics of “Sympathy for the Devil”. Who made sure Pilate washed his hands and sealed Jesus’ fate? Who killed the Tsar while Anastasia screamed in vain? Who killed the Kennedys?

I don’t think it was you and me. I think that I know who did all of that now.

While I do agree with all the points in this article, I do think the DOGE thing (maybe inadvertently) was important for one reason. That is that it made it plain as day that government violence is used to rob us to enrich a select group/class of people (of which the vast majority of us are not a part and will never be a part). That’s all it is.

They all manner of GUILT to imply absolutely retarded moral imperatives like “fair share”, “duty as a citizen”, “price we pay”, on and on, and it is all 100% bull-fucking-shit. And, now only absolute fucking idiots pretend its anything but violence.

If you or I go and take somebody else’s property with violence or threat of violence, it is robbery and there is no two ways about it. The government tried to hypnotize the entire populace with guilt trips about social responsibility or whatever dumb fucking stories.

When in hell are enough people going to say, “No, government, that is just a bunch of bullshit. Stop robbing us. Stop the violence upon us and every other person that is minding their own business in this world. Stop it now and forever.”

It just makes it even more infuriating that they’re just using schemes to enrich themselves, which they further use to oppressive and enslave us. But, as this article points out, it wouldn’t matter one iota if they were doing so for the good of unicorns and puppy dogs.

Even if people can’t get those blinders off. All of that fraud exposed and who the hell is going down for it. No-fucking-body at all. No one. But they’re gonna shake us down for every red cent. God damn these people.

It would not matter if DOGE was able to save $1 trillion dollars, or even five. For our greedy a** politicians (D’s and R’s alike) would suddenly exclaim, “hey, free money to spend we did not realize we had”, and would immediate seize the savings to further enrich themselves and their donors.

ZH “Doug Casey: I hate to sound pessimistic, because the idea of DOGE was excellent, but it’s not making much in the way of progress. Musk first thought he could cut $2 trillion from the budget. I see how he could say that; it’s a very reasonable estimate. But as he discovered the depth of the resistance, he reduced it to $1 trillion. And now it’s $150 billion—and he’s probably not even going to be able to do that.

Why is it failing? One reason is that Congress has legislated and mandated most of the spending, and the hundreds of agencies that carry it out—and Trump can’t eliminate them. Congress has to abolish these programs and agencies. All DOGE can do is make recommendations.

It’s true that the USAID building is closed, but apparently, many of its employees and programs have just simply been reassigned to the State Department or other places. They’ve made no progress on getting rid of the Department of Education.”

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Profligate out-of-control spending is finally catching up to these big government bastards, tons of charts, worth a look:

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/moodys-downgrades-usa-credit-rating-aaa

All 3 credit rating agencies have downgraded Uncle Shmule’s debt by ONLY one notch. LOL I would not trust these bond rating agencies, if you all remember, Lehman was downgraded only 2 weeks before it declared bankruptcy. IMO 36 trillion in the hole means you are bankrupt, but because the gov’t has the power to tax and print, Treasuries still have value.

The bottom line is that Musk, Trump, and Congress will never act to cut spending until it becomes a financial crisis, this means that deficit spending will continue until it blows up in their faces. Trump has Musk cut spending – then Trump proposed a huge increase, a record setting DOD budget. Well how serious are they about cutting spending?

Like I always say, once they start downgrading it comes way to late, and more downgrades are to come, because not a damn thing will be done until it is a HUGE crisis. Already interest on the debt is over a trillion, the biggest item – yet nothing is being done!

OF tells Walmart to “eat the tariffs.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/17/trump-tells-walmart-to-eat-the-tariffs.html

OF From link:
“Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Between Walmart and China they should, as is said, “EAT THE TARIFFS,” and not charge valued customers ANYTHING. “I’ll be watching, and so will your customers!!!”

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Perhaps the real purpose of DOGE was to learn where the .gov $ is going. Lo and behold a shit ton ends of going to WMT’s bottom line. OF knows this now. So he’s sort of an insurer telling the recipient of his “company’s” money to lower (or not raise) their prices. A kind of “knowing” fascism. He’ll be watching!

I warned the family last Fall, don’t forget the family motto:

“Don’t expect much that way you won’t be disappointed”

Commander was all excited about her $5000 DOGE check – shook my head “that’s not going to happen”.

Now the Congress, another swing an’ a miss. Not enough members to really force/make true cuts to much of anything, and those that will stand up get lambasted by Trump as grandstanders. Hey Trump how about turning tack and supporting true reform and save the ‘basting for the RINOs.

Thanks for closing the border though. However barn door horse comes to mind. We have a large gang problem in this state and the gunplay is about a daily item in the local news. I don’t see any signs of starting the Herculean effort it will take to fix this.

That *Big Beautiful Bill* Trump has been trumpeting is all pork barrel no campaign promised tax relief such as tips and social security. These omnibus spending bills are corrupt. Where was the promise to go back and do it the way congress was supposed to do with (12) individual bills so that Defense has to defend their spending, etc.

How about dissolving the EPA and block grant the money to the States? Enough with CAFE and leave my classic Red Barchettas alone for Pete’s sake. No one can tell me what I am allowed to own or not.

‘what is ludicrously styled “defense” spending’ — eric

Former budget director David Stockman has provided detailed breakdowns, line item by line item, showing how the trillion-dollar ‘defense’ [sic] budget could be sliced in half.

And in fact, ‘defense’ offers the ONLY discretionary spending cuts large enough to make a dent in the deficit. All else is pocket change.

Of course, cutting defense spending in half means closing 850 overseas bases which have nothing, but nothing, to do with U.S. security other than degrading it. Worldwide, local people hate foreign occupiers — as do I.

To get down to brass tacks, Diego Garcia base in the Indian Ocean would have to be given back to its rightful owners, who were ethnically cleansed to Mauritius. No longer could the US threaten Iran with annihilation on behalf of a nearby little apartheid colony which has been obsessed for thirty years with destroying the Persians.

My advice to little Shitrahell: let’s you and them fight. Your squalid little patch of dirty sand is NOT OUR PROBLEM.

“Efficient” government? God forbid, since ever thing the government does is evil. I don’t want the institution that makes me the most miserable to be MORE efficient at doing so.

If there was a government bureaucracy that DOGE SHOULD have looked at, it was indeed the Pentagon, and IIRC, DOGE did say they were going to look at it, but I’m not aware of them actually having done so. Other agencies that DOGE should have looked at would be the FDA, CDC, and NIH given how COVID exposed the sheer corruption in those government agencies but that’s a topic for another time.

By the way, does anyone remember how President Trump called for cutting Pentagon spending by 50% shortly after he got into office again? That sounded like something a Democrat politician would have been calling for 20 years ago when George W Bush was President. But given that the Pentagon hasn’t passed a SINGLE audit in years, and they’ve wasted TONS of taxpayer money on who knows what, plus bureaucrats in the Pentagon seem addicted to endless wars, I’ve come around the past few years to the conclusion that Pentagon spending SHOULD be cut.

However, just a few weeks ago, Trump was practically bragging about the Pentagon getting a $1 TRILLION budget, and if the Pentagon gets it, I’m concerned that the mania for endless wars from Neocons, the military-industrial complex (aka The War Machine), and the Pentagon will continue.

Will the government submit a budget this year that is asking for less than last year?? No, but not only no, but Hell No! They have a gimmick called “Base Line Budgeting”. Instead of starting at Zero for the new budget, the budget always starts at the amount allocated the year before. That’s why there is never any decrease in spending. As far as “cutting” the budget is concerned, that trick occurs when said budget is proposed for let’s say 10% more over the previous year. Now the “cut” takes place when instead of 10%, you only increase it 5%. That is DC economics in a nutshell. You supposedly “saved money”, but the spending keeps on growing. That would be like myself planning to buy a $80k new truck and I bought a $50k truck and saying with a straight face I saved $30k.

We get told we have to live within our means. While GovCo insists on living within our means and if that’s not enough, within our kids and grand kids means.

As has been mentioned in the past; serfs only had to pay 25% to their lords. We pay a lot more.

It is, as Daryl Cooper suggests, that the governmental institutions are so big and inflexible that they wield immense power. Instead of instruments to policy, they are the policy.

This situation will not reverse without great upheaval.

Any ideas of freedom are on borrowed time.

Went over to ripoffreport.com and searched for complaints against the US Gov, the results had 1,000,000,000 comments concerning govco ripoffs.

Even though it is not true, pure fiction, it looks legitimate.

I also typed in Vampire Squid. The search replied ‘see US gov’.

Goes from absurd all the way to obscene, we’re there now.

I got my paycheck today
I think I’ll spend it like a crazy fool
Or I’ll give it all away
Somethin’ like the Golden Rule
And my paycheck ain’t hay
But somehow I don’t seem to care…

I think I’ll have one more drink – Dan Hicks, Payday Blues

No matter how many wunder-African-quasi-spacemen are placed in charge of made up government departments, no TAX DONKEY is ever getting their money – or freedom back.

Expect more of the same from .gov until the US dollar is permitted to reach its true value – of zero. Only at that point can meaningful change occur.

Don’t forget the VA Budget at ~ $350 billion of the $1 Trillion.

Roughly 4% of the adult population is enrolled in VA healthcare, many of whom have some kind of “disability” rating.

The aircraft carriers are easy targets.

“This country not having had to defend itself since December the 7th, 1941.”

And even then only tangentially. Hawaii was not a state, it was an imperial possession in 1941, and the Japanese attacked our naval base because they wanted a free hand to conquer another of our imperial possessions, the Philippines.

So the “United States” itself was not at risk. Pearl Harbor did, however, provide a pretext for the U.S. to create a global empire in the second half of the 20th century.

I’d argue that the last time the country really needed to “defend” itself — meaning foreign troops on and within our borders — was 1814.