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Tax season is coming up. My wife does our taxes, which through the close to 30 years I’ve been self-employed, has always been a complicated process. She is quite good at making sure we pay every penny we’re required by law to pay – and not one penny more. That is, of course, what all good Americans should do; rendering unto Caesar has its limits.
Every American taxpayer these days, though, has a few more reasons to smile – and on Friday, they gained 182 million more reasons, as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has canceled another 62 contracts, saving all of us another $182 million, this time at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). And get this – some of the money was intended for an Anthony Fauci exhibit.
Yes, really.
In the past 48 hours, HHS canceled 62 contract worth $182 million. These contracts were entirely for administrative expenses – none touched any healthcare programs. This included terminating a $168,000 contract for an Anthony Fauci exhibit at the NIH Museum. pic.twitter.com/EsZxflPS6w
— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) February 7, 2025
An Anthony Fauci exhibit? That has to be one of the more hare-brained ideas that the DOGE has scrapped, but it’s a sure thing that there will be more.
Replies to the DOGE X post were spirited.
— Mrs.Ambers🇺🇸 (@NorCalMAGAmom) February 7, 2025
— FatherPhi (@FatherPhi) February 7, 2025
While it’s OK to count coup – and occasionally to point and laugh – this is a serious matter, with serious implications. Thirty-six trillion dollars of implications, in fact.