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Why?

• stouset 2y ago
  Look at the growth of the national debt during the last Trump presidency.
  • mrguyorama 2y ago
    And Bush, and Reagan. Find me a Republican president who did not increase the national debt.
• toomuchtodo 2y ago
  https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-says-doge-probably-wont-find-2-trillion-federal-budget-cuts-rcna186924 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-say... https://usafacts.org/answers/how-much-does-the-us-federal-government-spend/country/united-states/ https://usafacts.org/answers/how-much-does-the-us-federal-go... You would have to cut entitlements if you're relying on cuts alone, and those require Congressional action to change. It's absolutely wild people actually believed Musk without spending a few minutes understanding the issue.
  • nomel 2y ago
    Is "not grow so fast" a worthy goal, by a department with an efficiency directive? $250 - $500 billion are lost to fraud, every year[1]. That's near 40% of social security spending. [1] https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-105833#:~:text=GAO%20estimated%20total%20direct%20annual,losses%20fell%20in%20this%20range. https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-105833#:~:text=GAO%20est...
    • toomuchtodo 2y ago
      Certainly, building systems to search for and prevent fraud is a worthy goal. Solving for that is orthogonal to what is taking place (which is Musk and his loyal, inexperienced band of lackeys doing whatever they want without governance and oversight). Is all of USAID fraud? Does the executive branch have the authority to unilaterally shut the program? No, these are the actions of authoritarians.
    • unethical_ban 2y ago
      Everything Musk and Trump have done have been virtue signaling, removing oversight and political independence, gutting consumer protections, and pissing off our allies. A Russian puppet candidate could not do more damage to this country than what the Trump administration is doing right now. Nothing being done fights the large causes of fraud/waste/abuse. Nothing being done helps the cost of housing or the cost of healthcare or college or fuel. The so called successes of the tariff wars so far have been done at the expense of our long term credibility as a nation.
• achandlerwhite 2y ago
  They would have to reverse the deficit to start reducing debt and that is unlikely with a cost cutting approach.