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Elon Musk’s tenure leading the Department of Government Efficiency has attracted enormous controversy, largely for its focus on cutting government jobs and programs . Reports have revealed that estimated savings from these efforts were significantly lower than Musk had anticipated, that even these savings were overstated , that Musk’s actions might actually end up costing the government money by reducing its ability to collect revenue, and that many lives will be lost as a result of these cuts, particularly those affecting assistance to the world’s neediest people.

Much less attention has been devoted to DOGE’s claims about savings from deregulatory

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