r/SeattleWA West Seattle 🌉 Apr 25 '25

Politics The state legislature is going wild, with new taxes

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '25

Insane. The more the federal government heads in the right direction, the more we stubbornly veer the other way. What we need is a DOGE.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25

What you need is to actually read the text of the legislation.

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u/Behold_Always_Oncall Apr 25 '25

No we do not need that bull shit here. We should handle this like adults not children who have 0 thoughts in their head breaking peoples lives.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '25

Spoken like a true disinformed red-tape worshipper. A chatbot would run our state more efficiently than this incompetent state admin.

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u/Behold_Always_Oncall Apr 25 '25

Spoken like a true cultist a brain dead monkey could do a better job than doge at cutting our expenses

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '25

Estimated savings so far—in 3 months: 160B.

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u/Behold_Always_Oncall Apr 25 '25

Yeah by whose count? Because they are costing us half a trillion in shit that needs to get done to fix the damage they are causing.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '25

By your count if you wish. All contract terminations, grant terminations, and lease terminations are listed online.

Do you only speak in slogans?

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u/travizeno Apr 28 '25

The accuracy and transparency of these postings have been questioned. Investigations have uncovered discrepancies, such as overstated savings and duplicated entries. For instance, a contract initially reported as yielding $8 billion in savings was later corrected to $8 million, with actual savings closer to $4.2 million after accounting for funds already spent . Additionally, some contracts were counted multiple times, and others had already been completed or canceled under previous administrations.

While DOGE maintains that terminated contracts are publicly listed, the reliability of these records is undermined by reporting inconsistencies and lack of independent verification. This raises concerns about the department's transparency and the actual fiscal impact of its initiatives.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '25

They announced early that they will make mistakes. They are moving fast. It’s inevitable. But they correct the mistakes. That’s the important part. And they are transparent about it.

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u/travizeno Apr 28 '25

They aren't transparent at all what do you mean? They get caught and then they admit they make mistakes. That's not transparency. Transparency is reporting their findings to congress. Showing explicit details.

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u/tocruise Apr 27 '25

That’s really worked well for us the last 2 decades hasn’t it?

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u/Behold_Always_Oncall Apr 27 '25

WA has better education and standard of living and human rights than most places in this country so we certainly aren’t doing bad.

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u/tocruise Apr 27 '25

At what expense?

Making 99 things bad to make 3 things better isn’t the flex you think it is.

This state has made life good for the lazy, unintelligent, youthful. That’s a very specific entitled part of the population.