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> Gov money being cut from _fill in blank of gov agency_ means that there's more money available for what's important to Musk Not really. Government spending

> Gov money being cut from _fill in blank of gov agency_ means that there's more money available for what's important to Musk Not really. Government spending doesn't need to be balanced like a household budget. Whether or not policies are enacted which financially benefit Musk is not dependenant on whether he can find savings or not. Right now all we have is speculation on your behalf that Musk is acting unethically by ignoring a conflict of interest, versus a public statement from the president that he's not being permitted to do so.

SmirkingRevenge 2y ago
They are both operating completely outside the bounds of the law here and there's no ethical justification for that at all. You can set your defaults to 'trust Trump/Elon' if you really want to I guess, but that's a highly unreasonable default (to put it mildly). Both have a long and clear public history as bad actors. At it's most benign, this is dangerous clownishness mostly for show, but even that is far too charitable.
dingnuts 2y ago
sorry, when did the Senate confirm Musk's appointment?
arbitrary_name 2y ago
You mean the public statement from a president with a known history of lying to the public and committing felonies? I'm inclined to believe the speculation.
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insane_dreamer 2y ago
You're forgetting that it's necessary to cut gov spending in order to finance a corporate tax cut. Anyway, you're clearly in the "I trust Trump" camp, so whatever. It's a small shame that you'll be disappointed in the end. But the bigger shame is all the lives that will be destroyed because of his self-serving policies. I actually don't have much of an issue with the GOP as a party (other than their groveling to Trump once they realized their only political choice was to serve him or die). But Trump is a disgrace and could not even get a job as the principal of my child's primary school--that's how low his supporters set the bar for their president.

SmirkingRevenge 2y ago

They are both operating completely outside the bounds of the law here and there's no ethical justification for that at all. You can set your defaults to 'trust Trump/Elon' if you really want to I guess, but that's a highly unreasonable default (to put it mildly). Both have a long and clear public history as bad actors. At it's most benign, this is dangerous clownishness mostly for show, but even that is far too charitable.

dingnuts 2y ago

sorry, when did the Senate confirm Musk's appointment?

arbitrary_name 2y ago

You mean the public statement from a president with a known history of lying to the public and committing felonies? I'm inclined to believe the speculation.

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insane_dreamer 2y ago

You're forgetting that it's necessary to cut gov spending in order to finance a corporate tax cut. Anyway, you're clearly in the "I trust Trump" camp, so whatever. It's a small shame that you'll be disappointed in the end. But the bigger shame is all the lives that will be destroyed because of his self-serving policies. I actually don't have much of an issue with the GOP as a party (other than their groveling to Trump once they realized their only political choice was to serve him or die). But Trump is a disgrace and could not even get a job as the principal of my child's primary school--that's how low his supporters set the bar for their president.