From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: DoGE Doing What We Voted For, Thank You Very Much
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 09:02:39 -0500
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 23:36:40 -0600, Gronk says...
> finding less inefficiencies than
> he expected
Than **HE** expected.
So fucking what?
Whatever this ONE man didn't find, is irrelevant. How much "inefficiency" was he SUPPOSED to or EXPECTED to find?
It sounds like it was only HE who thought there'd be more.
Also... "inefficiency" is NOT the ONLY reason FOR DoGE, dumb ass, and it's certainly not the ONLY metric being applied.
Yes, "efficiency" is in the title, but again... not it's only purpose.
And this was at the "Department of Veterans Affairs" only... right?
This is a good thing, but you're too stupid to realize it. DoGE hasn't got a quota, stupid, so whatever they find is good AND bad,
just like this Sahil Lavingia finding less than he expected.
But does "less" mean "none"?
Of course not. Could there still be millions, if not billions, in waste in the Department of Veteran Affairs?
Most assuredly.
Again, less is good. It's not like anyone cheering or rooting or HOPING to find more Bloat, Waste, Redundancies, Cost, Overhead
Ratios, Process Times, Financial Efficiency Metrics, Cost Per Unit of Service, Savings Achieved, Return on Investment (ROI) of
Programs, Budget Variances, Operational Efficiency and Productivity, Cycle Time, Output Per Employee, Backlog Size/Growth, Error
Rate/Rework Rate, Service Delivery and Citizen Satisfaction, Response Time, Resolution Rate/Time, Resource Utilization, Facility
Occupancy Rate, Staffing Ratios, Unused Software Licenses/Equipment, Policy Redundancy/Conflict, Duplication, Bottlenecks,
Bureaucracy/Red Tape, Mis-allocation of resources?
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