Elizabeth Warren sends Elon Musk her "DOGE Plan" for spending cuts
Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has sent her "DOGE Plan" to Elon Musk. The billionaire Tesla owner is head of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which is supposed to trim federal ...
Elon Musk’s DOGE setting its sights on the penny
The Department of Government Efficiency hinted it may be looking to eliminate the penny. Elon Musk's initiative says production of the coin is costing taxpayers millions of dollars.
Elon Musk takes on his biggest challenge yet: Getting rid of the penny
According to the U.S. Mint, the cost to produce a single penny jumped 20% during the 2024 fiscal year to 3.69 cents.
Senate DOGE caucus takes aim at $1.8B government fund for candy, comic books: ‘Purely propaganda’
Senate DOGE Caucus chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has re-upped legislation to cut roughly $2 billion in taxpayer money spent on swag to promote federal agencies. Expenditures in Ernst’s crosshairs went ...
Neither Social Security nor IRS: all Americans have it in their pocket and it is the next target of Elon Musk’s DOGE
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has identified a new priority in its quest to slash federal spending: the humble American penny. In a post on X this Tuesday, DOGE noted that the ...
Could Trump get rid of the penny?
Trump has put Musk, the world's richest man and the CEO of Tesla, X, and SpaceX, in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency, which is not actually a federal agency, but more of a small ...
Trump, Musk’s DOGE looking to stop minting of this coin
Trump created DOGE and has given it a mandate to cut government spending. Musk has said that the agency is looking to trim $500 billion in government spending. The penny is worth only 1 cent and its ...
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DOGE wants to get rid of the penny, some say ‘hands off, it’s a slippery slope’
In a move that could ultimately save U.S. taxpayers millions of dollars, the new Department of Government Efficiency seems to be eying eliminating the penny. As the […] ...
DOGE Could Make Huge Change to Cash
The use of cash has been declining in recent years, according to the Federal Reserve's 2024 report on consumer payments. Although the report doesn't specifically address penny usage, it notes that ...
Elon Musk's DOGE Takes Aim At The US Penny Citing Soaring Production Costs
Billionaire Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency has set its sights on an unexpected target: the U.S. penny.
Elon Musk’s DOGE could pinch the US penny in government efficiency bid
The official X account for DOGE, the reform department headed by billionaire Elon Musk, shared facts about penny production ...
Trump and Elon Musk's DOGE wants to get rid of the penny
President Donald Trump 's Department of Government Efficiency is looking into stopping production of the penny to save ...