We found the waste Elon Musk and DOGE won’t cut: it’s defense contractors. The Department of Defense funnels $450 billion of taxpayer dollars a year to private military contractors. But Musk is too focused on cutting DEI initiatives (0.01% of the size of the defense budget) to tackle the real waste and fraud. Will the Trump administration take action on the real government waste? ----- More Perfect Union’s mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective, and we attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power, and we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems. We’re an independent, nonprofit newsroom. To support our work: Help fund our reporting: secure.actblue.com/donate/mpu-splash Substack: substack.perfectunion.us TikTok: tiktok.com/@moreperfectunion Twitter: twitter.com/MorePerfectUS Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/moreperfectunion.bsky.social Facebook: facebook.com/MorePerfectUS Instagram: instagram.com/perfectunion Threads: threads.net/@perfectunion Website: perfectunion.us