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

[Caveira]

8 minutes ago, mspart said:

Your solution would be to do nothing and let it continue.

That’s their solution to everything.   The libs At least. 

[1032004]

13 minutes ago, mspart said:

The ones that are legit can show it.   The ones that aren't would have a tough time showing it.   It seems like a good way to root out the bad ones. 

Your solution would be to do nothing and let it continue.   We shouldn't have to do anything to find them.   That is essentially what you are promoting.   If not, please provide your wonderful plan. 

mspart

You’re literally quoting a post of mine saying we should root them out, and are claiming I’m saying to do nothing?  lol, you guys will believe whatever you want to believe

[mspart]

22 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

You’re literally quoting a post of mine saying we should root them out, and are claiming I’m saying to do nothing?  lol, you guys will believe whatever you want to believe

You were invited to share your solution if Musk's is no good.   But you didn't.   So I assume you don't have one and just want to complain.   It's easy to say we should root them out, but complain about how it is happening.   Tougher to say how it should be done.   Again, here is your opportunity to shine and show us how erudite you are.  

mspart

 

[Scouts Honor]

love me some john kennedy

'when you trim some fat, the pigs squeal.'

[1032004]

7 minutes ago, mspart said:

You were invited to share your solution if Musk's is no good.   But you didn't.   So I assume you don't have one and just want to complain.   It's easy to say we should root them out, but complain about how it is happening.   Tougher to say how it should be done.   Again, here is your opportunity to shine and show us how erudite you are.  

mspart

 

How exactly is shutting off credit cards helping to find fraud?  If anything it probably makes more sense to leave them on to see if people continue to make fraudulent purchases…

I’m sure Musk’s minions have a way they can try to find the fraud.  Start with biggest purchases, sort by category, etc.   I just don’t see how shutting off almost everyone’s cards helps in that task

[uncle bernard]

7 hours ago, jross said:

@uncle bernard

I either don't understand bluesky lingo or I do understand and its lame.

Maybe I am Jeff here concerned about micromanaging bean rotation.  I don't think you are talking about crop rotation, but that actually is important whereas cross-sex hormone study in mice is stupendous.  I'm a tightwad.  I don't want my money going to studies that support mental health issues caused by the Charlize Theron and Megan Fox of the world.

gibberish response lol

the point of the joke is that just because you don’t understand something, doesn’t make it pointless. almost every technological luxury you enjoy today was born out of government-funded research, much of it as an accidental by-product. 

you may think you’re cancelling stupid “woke” research when you’re actually setting the world back decades in medical/technological progress. 

[Scouts Honor]

1 hour ago, 1032004 said:

How exactly is shutting off credit cards helping to find fraud?  If anything it probably makes more sense to leave them on to see if people continue to make fraudulent purchases…

I’m sure Musk’s minions have a way they can try to find the fraud.  Start with biggest purchases, sort by category, etc.   I just don’t see how shutting off almost everyone’s cards helps in that task

so still no plan

[Scouts Honor]

1 hour ago, uncle bernard said:

 

you may think you’re cancelling stupid “woke” research when you’re actually setting the world back decades in medical/technological progress. 

lol... cutting off genitals isn't exactly new research 

[Caveira]

1 hour ago, uncle bernard said:

gibberish response lol

the point of the joke is that just because you don’t understand something, doesn’t make it pointless. almost every technological luxury you enjoy today was born out of government-funded research, much of it as an accidental by-product. 

you may think you’re cancelling stupid “woke” research when you’re actually setting the world back decades in medical/technological progress. 

some were funded by gov yes.   But almost every?      Even every blue persons super meanie look musk shows up a few times.  
 

Transistor (1947)

• Breakthrough: Replaced vacuum tubes, making modern computing possible.
• Funded By: Bell Labs (AT&T).

2. Integrated Circuit (1958-1959)

• Breakthrough: Allowed miniaturization of electronic circuits, leading to microprocessors.
• Funded By: Texas Instruments (Jack Kilby) & Fairchild Semiconductor (Robert Noyce).

3. Microprocessor (1971)

• Breakthrough: The first single-chip CPU, the Intel 4004, revolutionized computing.
• Funded By: Intel (with backing from Busicom, a Japanese company).

4. Graphical User Interface (GUI) & Mouse (1970s-1980s)

• Breakthrough: Made computers user-friendly by replacing command-line interfaces.
• Funded By: Xerox PARC (later commercialized by Apple & Microsoft).

5. TCP/IP & The Internet (1970s-1980s)

• Breakthrough: Created the foundation for global networking and the modern internet.
• Funded By: U.S. Department of Defense (DARPA).

6. World Wide Web (1989)

• Breakthrough: Allowed easy navigation of the internet with hypertext links.
• Funded By: CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research).   Definitely not Al Gore.   

7. Wi-Fi (1990s)

• Breakthrough: Enabled wireless internet connectivity.
• Funded By: Australian government agency CSIRO & private sector R&D.

8. Cloud Computing (2000s-Present)

• Breakthrough: Enabled on-demand access to computing resources via the internet.
• Funded By: Amazon (AWS), Google, Microsoft, and IBM.

9. Deep Learning & AI Revolution (2010s-Present)

• Breakthrough: Enabled machines to learn from massive datasets, leading to AI breakthroughs.
• Funded By: Google (DeepMind), OpenAI (initially funded by Elon Musk & others), Microsoft, and NVIDIA.

10. Quantum Computing (Ongoing)

• Breakthrough: Potential to solve problems classical computers can't handle.
• Funded By: IBM, Google, Microsoft.

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[1032004]

48 minutes ago, Scouts Honor said:

so still no plan

I literally just gave some suggestions, focus on the largest purchases first or whether cards are spending a lot more on certain categories vs others used by people in similar positions.

I’m also on board with cancelling cards that aren’t being used, but as I said initially that doesn’t save much money.  

Which is really my overall point, trimming employee credit card expenses isn’t going to save us the taxpayers all that much.  So if that’s what DOGE is celebrating less than 2 months into the presidency, it leads me to believe that they’ve already run out of low-hanging fruit and I’m skeptical they will actually find $2 trillion or whatever of “waste, fraud and abuse”

[Scouts Honor]

https://x.com/ILA_NewsX/status/1897824936242343988/photo/1

3 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

 

I’m also on board with cancelling cards that aren’t being used, but as I said initially that doesn’t save much money.  

 

you think there is a credit card that has been issued that hasn't been used? 

[1032004]

8 minutes ago, Scouts Honor said:

https://x.com/ILA_NewsX/status/1897824936242343988/photo/1

you think there is a credit card that has been issued that hasn't been used? 

I think there are likely cards that belonged to since-retired employees that were never cancelled 

[1032004]

9 hours ago, 1032004 said:

So if that’s what DOGE is celebrating less than 2 months into the presidency, it leads me to believe that they’ve already run out of low-hanging fruit

Case in point: here is DOGE bragging about saving $11k per year to water plants.  But they’re saying DOGE will do it, so even though they claim it will be “free of charge” someone will still be getting paid for it.  

 

 

 

[headshuck]

I think the point is someone is doing something about waste, and setting an example for others to follow. For example:

[fishbane]

1 hour ago, headshuck said:

I think the point is someone is doing something about waste, and setting an example for others to follow. For example:
 

But what does it say about fraud and abuse when the person leading it owns companies with billions of dollars in government contracts some of which are years behind schedule and are carrying out these moves outside of normal channels?  Not and example to be followed in my mind.

Space X is years behind schedule on HLS and just blew up another starship yesterday. Musk is heading up the department that is leading cuts at NASA the agency paying for HLS and the FAA the agency that has yet to conclude ita investigation of the last starship explosion.

[headshuck]

Totally legit concern. There have been many industry experts that have influenced government.

Here’s a short list.

1. Bill Gates
2. George Soros
4. Jeff Bezos
5. Warren Buffett
6. Mark Zuckerberg
7. Larry Page
8. Michael Bloomberg

They have shaped data and privacy policies and impacted urban and economic policies.

The difference in Musk is he’s so visible and vocal vs lurking in the shadows like many of the others.

[1032004]

8 hours ago, headshuck said:

I think the point is someone is doing something about waste, and setting an example for others to follow. For example:
 

Never heard of the “grain belt express” until this week but it looks like the Missouri AG has been against it for years (it was first approved in 2011), seems like he’s just trying to get DOGE to stop it because he couldn’t do it on his own.

And apparently it’s not necessarily taxpayer funded, it’s a loan guarantee.  I’m not a big fan of eminent domain, but that’s a separate issue than waste.

But good to see we’ve moved from “we need to balance the budget by cutting $2 trillion in spending” to “we just want to set an example to do something about waste”

 

 

[Le duke]

https://x.com/ILA_NewsX/status/1897824936242343988/photo/1
you think there is a credit card that has been issued that hasn't been used? 

Yes.

…I have been issued three, and have made $0.00 (that’s zero dollars, DOGE idiots) in purchases using them.

Why? Because it’s a painful, slow process to use them.


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[Caveira]

1 minute ago, Le duke said:

 

Yes.

…I have been issued three, and have made $0.00 (that’s zero dollars, DOGE idiots) in purchases using them.

Why? Because it’s a painful, slow process to use them.


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If you just tap them on the thingy it’s really quick.   Do you pay with check books still ?

[mspart]

Probably American Express Traveler's Cheques!!

mspart

[Le duke]

If you just tap them on the thingy it’s really quick.   Do you pay with check books still ?

You have to receive multiple levels of authorization to make a purchase with a government credit card.

While the credit card still works without it, it’s not worth the pain to retroactively try to justify purchases done without prior authorization.


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[Caveira]

11 minutes ago, Le duke said:

You have to receive multiple levels of authorization to make a purchase with a government credit card.

While the credit card still works without it, it’s not worth the pain to retroactively try to justify purchases done without prior authorization.


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Not to worry.  A ton were taken away      Hopefully more.  

[1032004]

Residents of red Parkersburg, WV not too happy with DOGE

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-job-cuts-shake-trump-voting-west-virginia-town-2025-03-07/

[Husker_Du]

utterly idiotic. 

they use taxpayer money to fund superfluous staffing to prop up job numbers. it's socialism.

less volume. more jobs. lower standards. 

 

[1032004]

8 minutes ago, Husker_Du said:

utterly idiotic. 

they use taxpayer money to fund superfluous staffing to prop up job numbers. it's socialism.

less volume. more jobs. lower standards. 

 

Do these numbers include the packages USPS delivers on behalf of Amazon?