Nice work fuckhead.

Doge cuts cost US taxpayers $10bn to cover workers' paid leave, analysis finds

Source: The Guardian

Fri 9 Jan 2026 08.00 EST

Last modified on Fri 9 Jan 2026 12.53 EST

The Trump administration “wasted” $10bn on paid leave, or paying workers to stay home, as part of the “department of government efficiency’s” assault on the federal workforce, a new analysis by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer) estimates.

In a letter sent to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Peer estimates that more than 154,000 employees were put on paid leave in 2025, making up nearly 7% of the federal civilian workforce. That costs taxpayers approximately $10bn in compensation for workers who were staying home and not working.

Peer alleges the Trump administration violated the law with extended paid leaves, but enforcement is complicated. It would require navigating a complex administrative or legal process, or a US attorney with the Donald Trump-controlled Department of Justice to pursue criminal charges.

“Spending over $10bn of taxpayer money to prevent people from working is a hell of a way to run a railroad,” said Peer senior counsel Peter Jenkins. “Ironically, this outrageous waste of human capital – when key federal agencies such as the National Park Service were horribly understaffed – was done in the name of government efficiency.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/doge-taxpayer-costs-federal-workers

Link to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer) REPORT (PDF) - https://peer.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/12_30_25-letter-to-GAO-and-attachments.pdf

28 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

Was close but was still able to get my copy and paste quota in for the week

Boy ..... It's been thin pickins for you lately...eh MC?

How much time on the Golf Course has he accrued so far ⛳ ? 😆

2 minutes ago, ViperGTS/Z1 said:

Boy ..... It's been thin pickins for you lately...eh MC?

How much time on the Golf Course has he accrued so far ⛳ ? 😆

MC'S won the women's golf league trophy a number of years in a row. He's rather proud of that.

10 billion…..10 fuckin billion

11 hours ago, ViperGTS/Z1 said:

Boy ..... It's been thin pickins for you lately...eh MC?

How much time on the Golf Course has he accrued so far ⛳ ? 😆

Thin Pickens….lmao

There just to much to post here.

5 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

10 billion…..10 fuckin billion

No worries, they’ll never address it.

8 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

10 billion…..10 fuckin billion

Have you searched this or just copy and paste it?

8 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

10 billion…..10 fuckin billion

No one cares. Even the fake news has nothing on it that I have seen And they usually cry more than you do

38 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

10 billion…..10 fuckin billion

DOGE cut 214 Billion in government spending……214 fucking billion

41 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

10 billion…..10 fuckin billion

And then there's your vegetable president Biden with 180 Billion........180 fuckin billion to Ukraine

Conservatives love them some waste. TEN BILLION DOLLARS

Just now, Mainecat said:

Conservatives love them some waste. TEN BILLION DOLLARS

Send Ukraine another 40 billion without blinking an eye dumb fuck. Talk about waste lol

7 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

Conservatives love them some waste. TEN BILLION DOLLARS

Cutting USAID alone was like 60 BILLION.....

I think we can handle a measly 10 billion.

Cry some more fake tears MC

15 minutes ago, ViperGTS/Z1 said:

Cutting USAID alone was like 60 BILLION.....

I think we can handle a measly 10 billion.

Cry some more fake tears MC

LOL

Replying to the guy that can't even spend $25.00 for a donating membership

1 hour ago, ViperGTS/Z1 said:

Cutting USAID alone was like 60 BILLION.....

I think we can handle a measly 10 billion.

Cry some more fake tears MC

Keep supporting the bankruptcy king.

2 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

Keep supporting the bankruptcy king.

Who is a very wealthy multi-billionaire.... Definitely played the system right.

12 minutes ago, ViperGTS/Z1 said:

Who is a very wealthy multi-billionaire.... Definitely played the system right.

He’s got you fooled.

4 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

He’s got you fooled.

So he's not a multi-billionaire ?

1 minute ago, ViperGTS/Z1 said:

So he's not a multi-billionaire ?

Nope….maybe Rubles.

There's always this type of guy that been on some type of government funded welfare program for over 40 years. Contributing nothing to the private sector.