Abby Phillip Calls $16 Billion Cut by DOGE a ‘Rounding Error’ in the National Budget

Allison: “But most Americans aren‘t going to get that check. But do you know who will get that check? The 1% of billionaires and millionaires who are going to get benefits from these — “
PHILLIP: “It‘s not going to make up for it. I mean, I‘m just telling you the facts are — okay, DOGE says that they have cut about $16 billion, which is a rounding error in the federal government‘s budget. But of that 16 billion, they claim they saved 8 billion — this is according to The New York Times — 8 billion on a single contract. Turns out it wasn‘t 8 billion. It was 8 million. So we‘re talking pennies here. In the scale of the $6 trillion federal budget, it‘s pennies. And to Ashley‘s point, there is going to be a tax bill. There‘s going to be a budget put forward. And it‘s going to add trillions in spending. So where is DOGE actually making a difference? Or are they just cutting things that ideologically don‘t fit?”
TROVER: “Well, I don‘t think there was ever a promise made that we‘re going to pay for a tax cut bill with what DOGE did or what they‘re doing. That was never — “
PHILLIP: “I thought Elon said he was going to cut $2 trillion.”
TROVER: “Well, that may be true, but I don‘t think the commitment was ever we‘re going to pay for a tax bill.”
AIDALA: “We‘re one month in. We‘re one month in. We‘re not even one month in, right? It‘s not even it‘s not even February 21st. So, you know, like, it‘s 28 days. It‘s four weeks.
CHAMPION: “Okay. Wait. Hold on — “
AIDALA: “Let‘s see what happens.”