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Elon Musk SINKS As DOGE Staffer Fired For Admitting Stunning Government Truth
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6:59Now PlayingElon Musk’s government group DOGE surges into spotlight as a staffer gets fired after admitting crushing truth for Musk’s operation. Sharon Reed and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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DOGE Fires Operative After He Admits the Government Was Already Pretty Efficient
"One of Elon Musk's austerity operatives discovered that the government had far less glut than he'd banked on — and tellingly, admitting as much publicly got him fired.
Sahil Lavingia, a tech founder and erstwhile software engineer with Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), revealed in a recent blog post that he had "got[ten] the boot" from the agency after telling Fast Company last month that the federal workforce had turned out to be way more efficient than he anticipated.
In that initial interview, the Gumroad founder said he was impressed to find that his coworkers at the Department of Veterans Affairs "love their jobs" and worked hard at them — an honest admission that seems to have cost him his job."
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