How in the world did the government spending get so far off the tracks? In less than a month Elon will and his 20 year olds will pry 1 trillion dollars out of the politicians cold dead hands. will

[1032004]

7 minutes ago, jross said:

1% left courtesy of Pew Research Center and CNN.

Weird how the poll to bring back the DOGE staffer was oddly similar to his poll on who people were voting for…

[jross]

I wonder how people active on Twitter did vote in reality.

[jross]

Politico?

"I mean, Politico, my former employer, and I knew at the time, didn’t do itself any favors," Caputo said in the exchange, which was shared Thursday on YouTube. "I was covering Biden at the time, and I remember coming to my editor and saying, ‘Hey, we need to write about the Hunter Biden laptop.’ And I was told this came from on high at Politico: Don’t write about the laptop, don’t talk about the laptop, don’t tweet about the laptop. And the only thing Politico wound up writing was that piece that called it disinformation, which charitably could be called misinformation, at the least." - Marc Caputo from Politico

 

[jross]

Hmm... back channel money from the government influencing the media...

 

[Lipdrag]

12 hours ago, pokemonster said:

This is much ado about nothing until they take on actual big spenders like the DOD and healthcare.

The logic here is baffling.  Let's just suspend enforcement of all criminal law because there will always be Big Crime (i.e. murder, rape).  Until you snuff out Big Crime I won't support or be happy with keeping crime down in general.

Preposterous logic.  The Broken WIndows theory of swift sure taking care of the small things leads to significant reduction in the big things also.  All of this activity - even if only "small potatoes" - is putting Congress and all the endless federal agencies and personnel on notice that business as usual is over.  This gives lawmakers the cover they need to be able to resist when their own caucus wants them to get on board with one pork barrel project after another after another.

Also, it has been 14 business days.  To use another analogy:  this is just the pre-season drills.  Pitchers and catchers are the only ones in Spring Training.  Have faith, the World Series is coming.    

[pokemonster]

4 minutes ago, Lipdrag said:

The logic here is baffling.  Let's just suspend enforcement of all criminal law because there will always be Big Crime (i.e. murder, rape).  Until you snuff out Big Crime I won't support or be happy with keeping crime down in general.

Nah, I'm talking about the ridiculous amount of airtime and dunking these morons are posting about on Twitter day in and day out, "MASSIVE FRAUD" inciting tons of morons to freak out. They're overplaying what they're doing. An audit was required, but Elon is doing this as an ego trip / for personal financial gain, that's it. 

[red viking]

4 minutes ago, Lipdrag said:

The logic here is baffling.  Let's just suspend enforcement of all criminal law because there will always be Big Crime (i.e. murder, rape).  Until you snuff out Big Crime I won't support or be happy with keeping crime down in general.

Preposterous logic.  The Broken WIndows theory of swift sure taking care of the small things leads to significant reduction in the big things also.  All of this activity - even if only "small potatoes" - is putting Congress and all the endless federal agencies and personnel on notice that business as usual is over.  This gives lawmakers the cover they need to be able to resist when their own caucus wants them to get on board with one pork barrel project after another after another.

Also, it has been 14 business days.  To use another analogy:  this is just the pre-season drills.  Pitchers and catchers are the only ones in Spring Training.  Have faith, the World Series is coming.    

They don't have the guts to cut social security at all or any significant military spending. For Dod, theyll mainly just go after contractors that compete agsinst president musk. I guarantee it. 

[Offthemat]

9 minutes ago, pokemonster said:

Nah, I'm talking about the ridiculous amount of airtime and dunking these morons are posting about on Twitter day in and day out, "MASSIVE FRAUD" inciting tons of morons to freak out. They're overplaying what they're doing. An audit was required, but Elon is doing this as an ego trip / for personal financial gain, that's it. 

What personal financial gain?

[pokemonster]

13 minutes ago, Offthemat said:

What personal financial gain?

Elon's net worth has skyrocketed by $200 BILLION dollars since Trump was elected and he's been allowed to do whatever the hell he wants. But yeah, what financial gain? 

When a reporter asked who is reviewing Musk's actions and determining there are no conflicts of interest in what he's delving into, they simply replied that there were no checks, he is policing himself. Having somebody police their own conflicts of interest is, in fact, a conflict of interest in itself. It's honestly laughable. 

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[Le duke]

What personal financial gain?

For starters, he had the FAA administrator who was going to fine him/his company fired.


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[Paul158]

22 minutes ago, red viking said:

They don't have the guts to cut social security at all or any significant military spending. For Dod, theyll mainly just go after contractors that compete agsinst president musk. I guarantee it. 

Let's say they find 5 million people illegally collecting social security. WE Will go with 24K each times 5 million. Bam, you have 120 billion dollars. Then they are also getting Medicare illegally. Hmm, we will put down 20 billion on that. Thats 140 billion. Then you have a few folks collecting disability benefits illegally. We will go with another 10 billion. Grand total 150 billion.

[jross]

43 minutes ago, pokemonster said:

They're overplaying what they're doing. 

Not enough is being said and done about what has already been found.

[1032004]

26 minutes ago, pokemonster said:

Elon's net worth has skyrocketed by $200 BILLION dollars since Trump was elected and he's been allowed to do whatever the hell he wants. But yeah, what financial gain? 

When a reporter asked who is reviewing Musk's actions and determining there are no conflicts of interest in what he's delving into, they simply replied that there were no checks, he is policing himself. Having somebody police their own conflicts of interest is, in fact, a conflict of interest in itself. It's honestly laughable. 

What is driving the increase?

I mean if it’s his holding in DOGEcoin or something, then maybe I could understand the complaint.

[Scouts Honor]

On 2/9/2025 at 12:39 AM, RockLobster said:

You believe moderate Republicans and Democrats are responsible for wasteful spending?

And, following through that line of thinking, you think the far right Republicans are the answer to the spending problem?

I'm not judging, just trying to understand your line of thought.

the moderates have allowed the current spending to happen.. yes...

 

[Scouts Honor]

On 2/9/2025 at 12:46 AM, RockLobster said:

I believe you meant to say President Musk.

even better 

[Scouts Honor]

3 hours ago, jross said:

Racists already have black people's information.

What have they done with it in this digital age?

wait, i was told black kids dont know what a computer is

[Scouts Honor]

13 hours ago, pokemonster said:

This is much ado about nothing until they take on actual big spenders like the DOD and healthcare. Trying to dunk on democrats for finding wasteful spending from USAID, which in it's nature is meant to be donations / aid to foreign entities struggling, and accounts for 0.7% of the budget, is a waste of f'ing time.

 

supposed to be... instead millions went to chelsea 

[Scouts Honor]

1 hour ago, pokemonster said:

Nah, I'm talking about the ridiculous amount of airtime and dunking these morons are posting about on Twitter day in and day out, "MASSIVE FRAUD" inciting tons of morons to freak out. They're overplaying what they're doing. An audit was required, but Elon is doing this as an ego trip / for personal financial gain, that's it. 

you mean like chelsea? 

[Scouts Honor]

i have asked this question many times on here.

no one has answered.

the problem is b/c of this misunderstanding of numbers.

 

TEST:

draw a 4 inch line... put million on one end and Trillion on the other.

Then tell me, where does Billion go.

 

this illustrates the problem well in my mind.

[Paul158]

2 minutes ago, Scouts Honor said:

i have asked this question many times on here.

no one has answered.

the problem is b/c of this misunderstanding of numbers.

 

TEST:

draw a 4 inch line... put million on one end and Trillion on the other.

Then tell me, where does Billion go.

 

this illustrates the problem well in my mind.

To me. I'll take it.

[Scouts Honor]

On 2/9/2025 at 1:55 AM, RockLobster said:

DOGE is stupid because it allows non-elected actors access to government data and functions without proper oversight.

 

this is govt in a nutshell.

 

[Scouts Honor]

leftists: why are we letting teenagers in doge tell us what to do?

also leftists: dont you just love

 

also leftists: lets put this guy in charge 

[pokemonster]

1 hour ago, 1032004 said:

What is driving the increase?

I mean if it’s his holding in DOGEcoin or something, then maybe I could understand the complaint.

In summary, the primary drivers of Musk's net worth increase are the significant rise in Tesla's stock value, the substantial valuation of SpaceX, and his strategic political engagements that have aligned with favorable policy developments that suit his companies.

[Offthemat]

3 minutes ago, pokemonster said:

In summary, the primary drivers of Musk's net worth increase are the significant rise in Tesla's stock value, the substantial valuation of SpaceX, and his strategic political engagements that have aligned with favorable policy developments that suit his companies.

So, good management. 

[pokemonster]

1 minute ago, Offthemat said:

So, good management. 

Strategic involvement with politics is what's driving it. He's enriching himself.