My good friend Sam Corcos is leading these efforts as the CIO of the Treasury Department. I know a good conspiracy theory about lowering taxes for the rich is much juicier, but if anyone is interested in learning more, he did an excellent interview on Chris Williamson’s podcast about how inefficient the IRS is:

https://youtu.be/u4odAXoqRT8?si=UCpIBm8yy5aIaJcg

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ertg5g5y 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Your good friend Sam is hanging out with a shitty crowd... read the site for yourself.

https://dogetrack.info/people/enabler-staff#sam-corcos

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selectodude 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Vinay Hiremath has a blog post titled “I am rich and have no idea what to do with my life” so I’ll be charitable and say he’s willfully ignorant about what’s going on.

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vhiremath4 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I am on the same site. It’s trash and doesn’t even come close to detailing the internal dynamics.

People have no idea what’s actually going on inside, but I guess it’s simpler to just be upset and take sides. There are people associated with DOGE (Sam included) who are tirelessly doing unsexy and thankless work while not being sensational like Trump or Elon. But they still get trampled on by people who simply want to be upset and ignorant.

	▲	senordevnyc 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, when you associate with liars, con artists, criminals, and pedophiles in their attempts to dismantle our democracy for their own personal gain, people are unlikely to thank you for your hard work. Your friend can go fuck himself.

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vhiremath4 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I’m getting downvoted for posting a multi-hour interview where the guy leading these efforts is spelling out why and how. Makes me sad because HN used to be a place where, regardless of politics, people appreciated any new information and perspectives on the thing being discussed. Now it’s an echo chamber

	▲	Supermancho 10 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> I’m getting downvoted for posting a multi-hour interview where the guy leading these efforts is spelling out why and how. Please don’t play the victim… again. This has nothing to do with you. The downvotes are because you posted an interview with someone directly involved in DOGE fraud, with a supervisory position. His articulations are not compelling, for obvious reasons.
	▲	rmah 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		People have literally started revolutions and wars over taxes. Empires have fallen because of taxes. People are often emotional and don't even want to think logically about taxes. I suspect that it's been like this since taxes were invented :-)