You probably have a mental image of Musk walking around federal buildings firing people or cutting programs at will to reach his laughable goal of reducing the debt by $1T by way of cutting gov't spending. Slow down a bit and look at the facts Trumpers:
1. This is not a real department of gov't. If it were it would need to be created by Congress -- not unilaterally by the president.
2. It ends no later than July 4th, 2026.
3. All this "deparatment" will do is provide recommendations to the White House and Office of Management and Budget on areas to reduce federal spending. As you know, internal depts hate being told by consultants (which is effectively what Musk is) on how to do their job.
4. Actual budget cuts have to go through that other branch of gov't. You might have heard of it whenever we get a threat of gov't shutdown to only have Republicans cave to prevent an actual shutdown.
Trump chose people based on loyalty this time, and he'll schedule F some employees as well. It'll be more well-organized and efficient this time.
They've all been loyal until they aren't. Then the cult turns on them. This will end no differently.
Medicaid is waste. I support Medicare but not Medicaid, especially with no work requirement. A ton of other federal programs and departments are waste as well.
Asking a quick question as an MD:
Providing people with primary care is much more efficient than eventually managing health crises in the ER and hospital, where people will show up with exaccerbations of conditions like diabetes, COPD, etc etc.
Public hospitals currently provide emergency care and (some) hospitals services even without payment, correct?
So do you MAGAs like you want to pay more to provide emergency care, or are you talking about turning people away from public ERs?
Medicaid is waste. I support Medicare but not Medicaid, especially with no work requirement. A ton of other federal programs and departments are waste as well.
Asking a quick question as an MD:
Providing people with primary care is much more efficient than eventually managing health crises in the ER and hospital, where people will show up with exaccerbations of conditions like diabetes, COPD, etc etc.
Public hospitals currently provide emergency care and (some) hospitals services even without payment, correct?
So do you MAGAs like you want to pay more to provide emergency care, or are you talking about turning people away from public ERs?
It's not about cost for them. It's about seeing others suffer. Nothing more.
Medicaid is waste. I support Medicare but not Medicaid, especially with no work requirement. A ton of other federal programs and departments are waste as well.
Asking a quick question as an MD:
Providing people with primary care is much more efficient than eventually managing health crises in the ER and hospital, where people will show up with exaccerbations of conditions like diabetes, COPD, etc etc.
Public hospitals currently provide emergency care and (some) hospitals services even without payment, correct?
So do you MAGAs like you want to pay more to provide emergency care, or are you talking about turning people away from public ERs?
Implement something that makes them look good in the short term, while kicking the can down the road. Remember Trump ran up the deficit his last term. Doing the best for Americans has never been a priority for Trump
This thread is Exhibit A for how far left this board leans. Just high comedy.
Washington, DC bureaucracies are LONG overdue for a massive downsizing. To think otherwise means you are clueless or in on the grift.
Massive downsizing equals deregulation and higher unemployment. Is that what is overdue? You think deregulation of environmental protections is a good thing for Americans and future generations of Americans?
Massive downsizing equals deregulation and higher unemployment. Is that what is overdue? You think deregulation of environmental protections is a good thing for Americans and future generations of Americans?
SpaceX was targeted by a California board because they didn’t like Elon’s tweets.
This thread is Exhibit A for how far left this board leans. Just high comedy.
Washington, DC bureaucracies are LONG overdue for a massive downsizing. To think otherwise means you are clueless or in on the grift.
Massive downsizing equals deregulation and higher unemployment. Is that what is overdue? You think deregulation of environmental protections is a good thing for Americans and future generations of Americans?
It takes incredible naivety to believe both Vivek and Elon are in this for the good of the American people. For the good of getting Government more efficient.
This is part of the oligarchs and Trump's effort to sell off anything that is not nailed down. You will likely hear a lot more about "privatization" of just about everything. This is a con. It is a legalistic way to funnel taxpayer money from government doing things for society and away from government programs and over to CEO buddies "that can do it much better". All the time while these CEO buddies get tax breaks.
Massive downsizing equals deregulation and higher unemployment. Is that what is overdue? You think deregulation of environmental protections is a good thing for Americans and future generations of Americans?
SpaceX was targeted by a California board because they didn’t like Elon’s tweets.
Implement something that makes them look good in the short term, while kicking the can down the road. Remember Trump ran up the deficit his last term. Doing the best for Americans has never been a priority for Trump
Trump ran up the deficit a lot less than Biden did outside of his last year dealing with COVID. You can remove Biden’s first year for COVID too, and his deficit contribution was still much higher.
We have thousands of government agencies. Millions of employees. How many people just clock in, push some paper, take long breaks, surf the internet, and clock out? I’m not blaming them. There’s very little reason to outperform in a lot of these roles. A solid paycheck and eventually a government pension is a good reason to stay in a job you don’t like.
I’m not sure how much these guys can do, but Elon certainly has experience with removing waste and redundancy. Last I heard he didn’t plan to get paid for the role, not sure if that has changed.
And we need TWO people to run the "efficiency" department? Please!
Yeah, the irony. It appears trump is purposely picking the absurd people. He’s on a vengeance tour to piss off the “libs.” The thing is that all he’s doing is screwing our nation.
And we need TWO people to run the "efficiency" department? Please!
Tesla needs 121,000 workers to make 4 models (SXY and a few cybers). From a Detroit Automotive and other OEM's perspective that's very inefficient and wasteful.
Plus Tesla needed Government carbon credit for 10 years to make money. It wasn't until about 2021 Tesla made money without the Carbon credit.
Tesla, like Trump didn't pay its suppliers. Especially for 2020 delayed launch Model Y and X.
But what's even more bazaar is Trump Republicans are against EV's but they love Elon. Similarly why would Soon align with Trump who wants to do away with EV credits????
And we need TWO people to run the "efficiency" department? Please!
Yeah, the irony. It appears trump is purposely picking the absurd people. He’s on a vengeance tour to piss off the “libs.” The thing is that all he’s doing is screwing our nation.
Doesn't matter. He can f*ck this country as hard as he wants, but he'll be dead soon and his children are rich so they won't be impacted and he doesn't care about anyone else.
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