Let's just assume that there is bloat in the federal government. Assume that, OK? I think I do, actually. But have you ever seen a new manager come in with a

Let's just assume that there is bloat in the federal government. Assume that, OK? I think I do, actually. But have you ever seen a new manager come in with a mandate to cut costs - a new manager who doesn't bother to listen, but who just starts cutting without knowing, learning, or listening? Have you ever seen that kind of a disaster? He (it's almost always a he) cuts the most expensive people, who turn out to be the most talented and the most knowledgeable, and you're left with the less talented and less experienced. He cuts the departments that have the most people, and those turn out to be critically related to revenue. And so on. The issue isn't whether there need to be cuts. The issue is that Musk doesn't know enough to make the right cuts, and he isn't even trying to learn. Even in weight loss surgery, I want an experienced surgeon, not the guy from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.