100% to all that.
My concern is that the unintended consequences of this will be deep and long ranging. My gut tells me they're taking a machete to funding now and might get around to asking questions later. I could be wrong.
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My concern is that the unintended consequences of this will be deep and long ranging. My gut tells me they're taking a machete to funding now and might get around to asking questions later. I could be wrong.
You really think Governments are more efficient than free markets?
Who was running the White House for the last 4 years? Does anyone really know?He's amassing power at warp speed.
And he didn't get a single vote. Or face confirmation hearings. Or make financial disclosures. And who's providing the oversight? Trump? Well, that's reassuring.
Only in [our new] America.
Elon Musk tightens grip on federal government as Democrats raise alarms
Elon Musk is rapidly consolidating control over large swaths of the federal government with President Donald Trump’s blessing.apnews.com
No splashy headline, but the last article above might be the most troubling.
I wish that I could consider you naive on the things that you speak to champion. I simply see through the BS and your ideology was just soundly defeated as not where the populace 1)wants the country/ world to go and 2) is totally destructive to what the United States of America was design by and for.
Your ideology is the problem and is being totally exposed.
Now, to me this is not personal, but an opportunity to you and those like you to re-evaluate. You all are forcibly making yourselves the enemy of good and righteous people who want accountability and for EVERYONE to understand what it takes to succeed and strive for the American dream. YOU are the problem. Let there be zero question about that what so ever.
So it’s not true?Get your anti-US and anti-Ukraine propaganda straight from Russia controlled Pravda instead of a Twitter Twit.
USAID funded the visit of Hollywood stars to Ukraine: Jolie cost the most, Van Damme cost the cheapest
Foreign media outlets have revealed how much the Starship Troopers in Ukraine cost American taxpayers after the start of the war. As it turned out, Hollywood stars visited Zelensky not at the call of their hearts, but for hard money. ...news-pravda.com
Very much doubt it. Can’t find anything that supports it except Pravda (the source) and you can’t trust a word in that.
I don't see anyone arguing for across the board removal of government subsidies. Would you be good with that?
And yes, there are parts of this country that would suffer greatly if state and federal funding went away.
If not all, an overwhelming majority. So, basically yes.
No, living standards in this country would greatly improve if we cut the Federal Government by 60-70%.
First, it’s outrageous and should be doubted for that reason alone. Most outrageous stuff from social media is bull shit. Second, the source is Pravda which is a well known and proven source of misinformation. Third, can’t find any corroboration and they cited no sources. Why wouldn’t it be doubted? That’s a serious question.
You tell me.
But I can tell you unequivocally that right now it's Trump and Musk. Musk - - - the world's richest man, the biggest government contractor, Trump's biggest donor, office in the White House, now the holder of the keys to the kingdom.
And Musk's ability to leverage the federal government to his financial benefit, as well as his overall influence, will only grow as Trump gets even older, less focused, less interested and less engaged.
Shrewd guy, that Musk, to hitch his wagon to the Trump Train. He's destined to be not only the richest man in the world but also the most powerful.
Hell...start with colleges. Eliminate all the bullshit administrative leeches (cough) and marketing "chicks" (double cough) to the bare minimum, cut the vanity overhead costs, and make a school like Indiana relatively affordable for an in-state kid again.
What are the 'good' subsidies you'd consider keeping? There are actually ones I'm greatly in favor of reducing, removing and/or redirecting, but I'm genuinely curious about where your non-negotiable line is drawn here.
How do you see that playing out?
Democrats are going to learn a hard lesson in why you don’t let the Federal government grow so large.
When you’re funding every corner of society from NGO’s to sanctuary jurisdictions to colleges. You’re not going to like what happens when someone takes a hold of those purse strings and decides to enforce federal law.
You want to still do DEI in admissions? Okay your school gets no funding.
Your hospital still wants to transition minors? How about no more Medicare funding?
Won’t enforce immigration law? Your city can get no dollars either.
A Republican who’s willing to wield executive power and not just act as controlled opposition. What a marvelous thing.
Elon Musk gets quiet White House reminders his power isn't unchecked
Trump's aides have signaled behind the scenes that Musk still reports to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.
www.nbcnews.com
Um, Pelosi, Schumer, Buyden, pencil neck just to think of a few that you haven't worried about using the federal government to their financial benefit. But I am sure that you were just about to do that, any time now, like really soon. right?
That’s funny. Uncle Sam hired Musk to rescue the stranded astronauts because nobody can compete. He doesn’t need the DOGE gig. He is brilliant at streamlining systems. We are lucky to have him.
GOP support for Musk influence with Trump falls dramatically: Poll
The normies don't like chaos.
No subsidies are non-negotiable to me.
Free markets are deflationary. The more capital that is in the hands of individuals leads to more innovation, which leads to higher living standards.
You really believe this stuff still? How many years do you have to be wrong before you realize your information is shit?
lol. Shocker!! The people benefitting from fleecing taxpayers don’t want it exposed!!!!
WTH are you talking about? It's just a poll. A single data point. What information has been shit?
So Republicans from the general public?
I don't know why this is surprising. A lot of Trump voters aren't down for this technobro libertarian bent. That's a long way from Trump populism.
I don’t know about that twenty. Anti establishment. Hell the genesis of Q that adopted Bernie monkeybranched to trump predicated on exactly what’s happening
I think ordinary joe is thrilled to see this vetting. That’s as populist as it gets
I love all this. Nervous about it. Could go sideways but I’m not very risk averse
It’s not a data point. It’s propaganda. How many times do they get to publish nonsense that doesn’t match up with reality, before you realize it’s bullshit?
What's funny is your naivete if, in fact, you actually believe what you wrote.
Musk almost certainly negotiated his "keys to the kingdom" (a/k/a DOGE) position in exchange for his $250 million contribution to "Uncle Sam."
I'll say it again. Musk - - unelected, unvetted, not required to make financial disclosures, richest man in the world, biggest US government contractor, biggest Trump donor, no accountability. Trump says he expects Musk to self-report any conflicts of interest. Hilarious.
We'll see. DC is a town that lives and breathes by polling...a lot of them not even publicly released. And you know Trump cares deeply about polling.
“They” would be the really dumb poll you posted from The Hill.Lol. Who is 'they'?
Right. I hope he has the fortitude to see it through. Poor polling could cause him to pivot. If we’re going down this path let’s do it
The only thing dumb is your emotional response to a result you disagree with.
Not like Yougov is some drive by pollster.
I’m pretty sure the last thing Trump cares about is bad polling. He just told Israel he’s going to take over the Gaza Strip. The amount of people who are for that is Trump and one of my cats.
Hope you’re right. We’re going to have some short term pain but we might see a material improvement in time. Musk is a flamethrower and I think we’ve desperately needed one for a long time
We’re 40 trillion in debt with 40 million living in poverty. Time for change
We have a mad scientist willing to take the lead. Let’s go
Pollsters don't make predictions.
They tell you the results of a certain sample at a certain point in time.
Of course we’re going to see improvement. The U.S. government is the largest institution on the planet ever. It spends 7 f#cking trillion dollars a year and somehow made Nancy Pelosi and the dude below incredibly wealthy.
I’m very confident we could cut 30% of the government and none of us would notice.
