Elon Musk’s cuts cannot stop spending the US federal

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Elon Musk’s hyperactive efficiency driver, the federal spending increased to $ 603 billion, the new treasury revealed, the Kozaism management has difficulty cutting the government.

In the word of task Government Efficiency Department Allegations of saving more than $ 100 billion, but many departments were registered in the first full month of the new leadership.

Compared to the same month last year, the spending increased by $ 40 billion, a similar increase in 7 percent.

New data comes after the emissaris in Musk and DoGe leak Several government agencies, including various branches of state and health and the treasury. Tens of thousands of employees were suspended or dismissed and thousands of government grants and contracts were canceled.

Musk is repeatedly on the way to save 1TN of the Doge’s annual federal budget, and the initiative has defined $ 4 billion in incision currently determined.

However, the monthly treasure statement for February showed significant reduction in several major categories. The education department came up to $ 6 billion, celebrated the treasury officials.

Authorities asked additional questions about the reduction of costs to the DOG. One representative for the doe did not immediately meet the requirement of comment on the monthly figures.

“Doge deposits are small as the total amount of spending is not as small as possible,” the Conservative Manhattan Institute, an ancestor’s economic policy in the construction tank.

The new figures also explain the difficulty of influencing any impact on the inconveniences in the incision of the republic’s deputies.

547 mln in the same month last year.

However, this savings was a dwarf with the results of the 3 percent increase in monthly health spending cost $ 5 billion. Social security increased by 6 percent in foreign affairs costs $ 8 billion.

“75% of all federal expenditures are social security, medicaid, medicare, defense, veterans and interests and none of the interests,” Riedl said. “These savings are in fact the zero indicator where it is defined.”

On Monday, the Tesla Boss, Doge’s efforts, said that they have aimed at large expense sources such as double and social security.

The direct spending of the treasury has risen to $ 29 billion since the same month last year, mainly for $ 86 billion in taxes, tax credits and related payments to $ 14 billion.

Trump moved in recent days Limit some Doge’s activityIn front of the Cabinet, the individual institutions in front of Musk, in charge of staff decisions, and the billionaire are not “Hatchet”, and “Skalpel” to use “Skalpel”.

Several republican deputies came after criticizing the cuts of Doge, who were led by employees in various institutions, which are forced to reconstruct for critical projects, including nuclear security.

The federal judges also stopped or returned the actions of many DoGe. Last week, the Supreme Court forced the Trump administration to distribute $ 2 billion in a number of $ 2 billion to distribute $ 2 billion for foreign assistance work in the world.