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Dear Reader,

$6.7 billion. Paid to federal workers who stayed home and did nothing. The Government Accountability Office confirmed it this week. That is what the Department of Government Efficiency cost you.

Elon Musk promised $2 trillion in savings. He lowered it to $1 trillion. Then $215 billion. The GAO audited the math. They could not verify most of it.

The most expensive government efficiency program in American history turned out to be one of the most expensive government wastes in American history. The irony writes itself.

Inside today's issue:

• DOGE's Real Price Tag: The GAO found $6.7 billion paid to workers who went home. Some agencies then rehired 20,000 people in the exact same roles.
• The $215 Billion Wall of Receipts: Musk's "Wall of Receipts" claimed massive savings. GAO auditors found fabricated cancellations, doubled-counted leases, and unverifiable numbers.
• History Says This Ends One Way: I have watched governments do this for 50 years. Bold announcement. Auditors arrive later. The dollar pays the price.
• Larry Benedict, Oil Skimming: Larry Benedict just released a new presentation on a strategy called "Oil Skimming." It's worth a look. (Brownstone Research)

THE DOGE MATH DOESN'T ADD UP

Here is what the GAO found when they actually looked.

1. The buyout disaster:

DOGE launched its "Fork in the Road" deferred resignation offer in January 2025. Workers were told: take the buyout or return to the office. The GAO tallied the cost of keeping those workers on paid administrative leave while they waited for the program to process: $6.7 billion. Total paid leave across the program: $9.5 billion. One-time, non-recoverable, gone.

2. The agencies that had to reverse course:

By June 2026, federal agencies had re-hired 20,557 people in the same job categories vacated by the buyout program. The Partnership for Public Service confirmed the count. So taxpayers paid billions to empty desks, then paid again to fill them back up.

3. The Wall of Receipts that couldn't be verified:

DOGE's website claimed $215 billion in total savings. Contracts canceled. Grants cut. Leases terminated. GAO audited $110 billion of those claims. They found 2,503 contracts that DOGE listed as "terminated" had no termination action taken. Lease savings listed at $113 million actually came to $53.5 million. 108 of the 264 leases cited were already being terminated before DOGE existed.

"The Trump Administration has used DOGE to recklessly slash government programs, proudly displaying supposed savings on its Wall of Receipts. GAO's report reveals data quality concerns and a lack of clarity regarding how savings were calculated, making DOGE's findings unreliable and unclear."

I'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE

In 1971, Nixon announced wage and price controls. Bold action. Press conference. Big promises. By 1973, food prices were surging, gasoline lines were forming, and the controls had made everything they touched worse. Government announces a fix. The fix costs more than the problem. The dollar absorbs the damage.

DOGE is the same pattern. The stated goal was efficiency. The actual result was $6.7 billion in checks mailed to empty offices. I am not surprised. I have been watching governments do this for 50 years.

Here is the number I want you to hold: the national debt is now over $36 trillion. The interest bill on that debt is running close to $1 trillion per year. DOGE was supposed to be the solution. Instead it added $6.7 billion in waste and proved it couldn't account for the savings it claimed. There is no budget fix coming from Washington.

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WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY CONTROL

The government cannot fix the debt. They can't even correctly count the savings from trying. The dollar is the shock absorber for every mistake Washington makes, and right now, Washington is making them at scale.

Gold is sitting at $4,121 per ounce today. Silver is at $60.68. Both pulled back this week on a firm dollar and elevated yields. I am not selling. A government that just burned $6.7 billion in efficiency spending is not a government that gets to have a strong dollar forever.

My poor dad worked for the government. He trusted the system. He believed the budget would balance. It never did.

My rich dad said: governments always find a way to inflate. Own assets that benefit when they do. That advice is looking better every single week.

To your freedom,

Robert Kiyosaki
Author, Rich Dad Poor Dad

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