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"Musk says he'll fix the corrupt Democrat-run government and reduce two trillion in spending and given his track record I have no reason not to believe him." R

by paxys 8mo ago

"Musk says he'll fix the corrupt Democrat-run government and reduce two trillion in spending and given his track record I have no reason not to believe him." Real quote from a friend when this whole thing was going down.

askl 8mo ago
Given his track record, spending should be at four trillion now, right?
mnmnmn 8mo ago
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raverbashing 8mo ago
> A young programmer asked if he should go work for DOGE, or whether it would end in disaster. I told him that it would at least be interesting, and that if he was worried it would end in disaster, that was all the more reason to take the job. Maybe he could help prevent that. https://xcancel.com/paulg/status/1888555241055948981 https://xcancel.com/paulg/status/1888555241055948981 I guess this aged like Windows Me
miltonlost 8mo ago
I'd switch friends.
glaslong 8mo ago
Given his track record of raising ever more money on idealistic claims only to deliver less and less... I think he delivered exactly as expected
jimt1234 8mo ago
Musk's goal was never to reduce government spending or waste. It was to get unrestrained access to government spending data to serve his own goals. It's a conspiracy theory - I don't have any real evidence to support it, but I tend to believe it.
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- tremon 8mo ago
  Musk's primary goal was to kneecap the federal agencies investigating him and his companies: - himself: SEC, FEC - Tesla: NHTSA, EEOC, NLRB - Xitter: CFPB - Neuralink: FDA - SpaceX: DOD, DOJ, EPA, NASA, FAA [0] https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-03-27/elon-musk-trump-doge-conflicts-of-interest https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-03-27/elon-musk-...
croes 8mo ago
What does he say now?
pjc50 8mo ago
Americans love their conmen.
Sabinus 8mo ago
People can be wrong or caught up in a movement. That's fine. It's the way they react when proven wrong that's the most relevant. What does your friend say when confronted with the reality of DOGE and the general amateurism and incompetence of the Trump admin?

by paxys 8mo ago

askl 8mo ago

Given his track record, spending should be at four trillion now, right?

mnmnmn 8mo ago

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raverbashing 8mo ago

> A young programmer asked if he should go work for DOGE, or whether it would end in disaster. I told him that it would at least be interesting, and that if he was worried it would end in disaster, that was all the more reason to take the job. Maybe he could help prevent that. https://xcancel.com/paulg/status/1888555241055948981 https://xcancel.com/paulg/status/1888555241055948981 I guess this aged like Windows Me

miltonlost 8mo ago

I'd switch friends.

glaslong 8mo ago

Given his track record of raising ever more money on idealistic claims only to deliver less and less... I think he delivered exactly as expected

jimt1234 8mo ago

Musk's goal was never to reduce government spending or waste. It was to get unrestrained access to government spending data to serve his own goals. It's a conspiracy theory - I don't have any real evidence to support it, but I tend to believe it.

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tremon 8mo ago
Musk's primary goal was to kneecap the federal agencies investigating him and his companies: - himself: SEC, FEC - Tesla: NHTSA, EEOC, NLRB - Xitter: CFPB - Neuralink: FDA - SpaceX: DOD, DOJ, EPA, NASA, FAA [0] https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-03-27/elon-musk-trump-doge-conflicts-of-interest https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-03-27/elon-musk-...

croes 8mo ago

What does he say now?

pjc50 8mo ago

Americans love their conmen.

Sabinus 8mo ago

People can be wrong or caught up in a movement. That's fine. It's the way they react when proven wrong that's the most relevant. What does your friend say when confronted with the reality of DOGE and the general amateurism and incompetence of the Trump admin?