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

[Lipdrag]

8 hours ago, Scouts Honor said:

  On 2/9/2025 at 1:39 AM, RockLobster said:

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

Trump was a Democrat until shortly before 2015.  Musk was considered the world's greatest climateer EV darling and voted for Biden in 2020.  Then both got targeted by the swampies - both on the swampie left and the swampie right!  There is nothing far right - nor even remarkably conservative from a political philosophy viewpoint -  about either man.  

[pokemonster]

5 hours ago, Offthemat said:

Musk didn’t. 

Ahh, pedantics. Good defense. Shall I name the specific person's name who cut the budget based on tMusk's recommendations to satisfy your needs?

[pokemonster]

5 hours ago, jross said:

STOP.

The structure of DOGE as an advisory body outside the formal government framework means Musk lacks the legal power to enact policy changes or make direct decisions like closing departments or altering budgets without further governmental processes.

You know what Musk is an expert at?  Efficiency, financial management, and innovation.  He has repeatedly done more with less at his companies by focusing on core competencies, streamlining production, and cutting unnecessary costs. 

He has exceptional qualifications to advise the USA government on efficiency...

STOP, lmao calm down dude. 

Point is this is unprecedented and neither you nor I know what his position allows him to do. You don't know that he can't fire somebody. Sure his companies have done well, partly due to overinflated valuations due to his political leanings, but when Musk and DOGE recommend firing personnel, cutting budgets, or whatever else they're doing, it immediately happens, whether it's Musk personally signing the termination letter or somebody else. 

[RockLobster]

This might be the worst thread of all time around here.

Edited 2 hours ago by RockLobster

[RockLobster]

6 hours ago, Lipdrag said:

Trump was a Democrat until shortly before 2015.  Musk was considered the world's greatest climateer EV darling and voted for Biden in 2020.  Then both got targeted by the swampies - both on the swampie left and the swampie right!  There is nothing far right - nor even remarkably conservative from a political philosophy viewpoint -  about either man.  

Oh... on the contrary. Both these evil halfwits are as far right as is possible - white supremacy to the core.

Neither should be in any kind of US Government leadership position. But this is where we find ourselves.

(DOGE) is some kind of efficiency group?

Nope - that's a smokescreen for firing anyone who might oppose them and instead replace them with mindless "loyalists" who will do their bidding without question. Not a prediction, that part is getting done.

Now they're on to firing both middle management and rank and file and replacing them with more puppet loyalists.

The swamp? That's the group behind the Project 2025 agenda that these wealthy, powerful, halfwits are following.

Trump and Musk are only the faces of the movement. The P25 is steering this ship.

If you don't believe me, that's probably a good thing. Look into it and find out for yourself.