The amount of money that's been wasted over DOGE is likely in the trillions...

Like, there's $5 upkeep to prevent a $5k problem.

DOGE would cut upkeep, and if that $5 trickled thru multiple agencies they counted it everytime.

Agency 1 pays 2, pays 3; same $5, they cancel and claim to have saved $15.

Then be cause no upkeep was done, we gotta pay $5k to fix the problem, and if we still don't do upkeep, we'll need to pay 5k again, and again, and again

Even once we start doing "upkeep" again, it's going to be more expensive.