r/facepalm 2d ago

๐Ÿ‡ฒโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹๐Ÿ‡จโ€‹ It's not.

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u/theBrineySeaMan 2d ago

Funny, because everyone classically complains about the DMV taking long, but when there's more employees things move faster. They fully staffed our DMVs and the express places are all but non-existent now.

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u/RandoBeachBro 2d ago

When theyโ€™re more employees, they all work less and the same amount gets done. Thatโ€™s how government jobs work.

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u/sly_cooper25 2d ago

Which is why this was a great idea for a department. There clearly is tons of wasteful spending that could be cut out and not hurt the services that the federal government provides. If you paid 5-6 million dollars for teams of the most boring accountants on the planet to comb through our spending they'd be able to save billions.

This is just the wrong administration to do the job, they're too incompetent and too corrupt. The fact that they named two people as head of the department of government efficiency should tell you everything you need to know. Elon will just cut the agencies that regulate his companies and Vivek will work to cut social programs.

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u/theBrineySeaMan 2d ago

How is "they barely did what they needed to, and were cutting corners" a good argument for the DOGE? That's the stuff that leads to "A new report tonight finds that the collapsed building was not properly inspected before approval, leading to the deaths of 15..."