Go Beavers said:

shecky said:

Department of Government Efficiency – Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy 

Billionaire Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy were tapped to lead the Department of Government Efficiency.

Trump said that the pair will work together to "dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies."

"It will become, potentially, ‘The Manhattan Project’ of our time," the announcement on Tuesday evening said. "Republican politicians have dreamed about the objectives of ‘DOGE’ for a very long time."

HELL YEAH! All Americans should be able to get together and support this new department. We ALL want our tax dollars spent wisely, and not wasted!

New departments are created by Congress. This is a group of people giving advice and recommendations. 

Those days are over. Elon Musk is the most powerful man in the history of the world and with Trump's blessing he can do what we wants.

Over 1 million people are going to be fired on January 21. The government needs to be run more like a social media site.

OnWis97 said:

Go Beavers said:

shecky said:

Department of Government Efficiency – Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy 

Billionaire Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy were tapped to lead the Department of Government Efficiency.

Trump said that the pair will work together to "dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies."

"It will become, potentially, ‘The Manhattan Project’ of our time," the announcement on Tuesday evening said. "Republican politicians have dreamed about the objectives of ‘DOGE’ for a very long time."

HELL YEAH! All Americans should be able to get together and support this new department. We ALL want our tax dollars spent wisely, and not wasted!

New departments are created by Congress. This is a group of people giving advice and recommendations. 

Those days are over. Elon Musk is the most powerful man in the history of the world and with Trump's blessing he can do what we wants.

Over 1 million people are going to be fired on January 21. The government needs to be run more like a social media site.

Come again?

There is a lot of waste. But a couple of unserious people firing a million people on day 1 isn't the fix you think it is. They don't know what is or is not happening in these agencies. They're analyzing nothing.  They're just carrying out a whim because it sounds good. Just firing a bunch of people from, say, the Department of Transportation, is going to have ramifications that these people don't understand. But at least a lot of other people can revel in the misery of others as their tax funds get diverted to the guy making it happen.

The disproportionate amount of attention being paid to a glorified blue ribbon panel just because the guy is famous should be a wake up call to the shallow nature of a lot of political discourse

pjl44 said:

The disproportionate amount of attention being paid to a glorified blue ribbon panel just because the guy is famous should be a wake up call to the shallow nature of a lot of political discourse

He's probably the most power person in the world right now. And Vivek has said that the first thing the administration should do is fire a third of federal employees. This is happening. And Elon's going to become the world's first trillionaire. The conflict of interest is happening in plain sight.

There are 2.8 million civilian federal employees. I'd be stunned if that number is over 2 million by the equinox. (Not to mention public and private people that will lose their jobs as a result).

It's happening.

Philly NJ said:

tbergs said:

Choccoloccotide said:

brianlux said:

Woopie!  Way to go MAGAs!  Turn the country over to billionaires who are (NOT) going to make your lives better.

"There's a sucker born every minute." ~ P.T. Barnum

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/nov/12/donald-trump-marco-rubio-juan-merchan-stormy-daniels-us-politics-live

Trump nominates Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead new efficiency department to ‘restructure federal agencies’ – live

Simping for the status quo and more govt bureaucracy isn’t the flex you think it is.

Do you think billionaires should just be given a new federal agency simply because they donated millions? Are you OK with the US moving towards plutocracy?

Seems the GOP might actually be the one letting the elite run things, but carry on with your victory laps. The next Democrat will need to fix the economy again. It's historically proven that's what the GOP does.

To common sense Americans, it is very obvious that taxpayer money is wasted, either by corruption or inefficiency. Elon Musk can't be bought, can't be intimidated by the Deep State. He has a proven track record.  Vivek is smart, successful and recognizes that government bureaucracy has been a noose around Americans neck for far too long.

Is there a dispute on whether there is bloat and waste at the federal level? No, that is mostly accurate at any level of business, whether private, state or fed, but what you don't do is put a person with a conflict of interest in charge of addressing it. You are obviously lost in the weeds if you think Elon wouldn't do everything in his power to make sure his legacy is cemented as the first trillionaire. No one person can buy him, sure, that's why he's moved on to the US federal government and foreign governments. Through de-regulation, reduced taxes and contracts, he will rake in billions. Only a moron would think anything he does won't line his coffers first and foremost, but maybe you'll a few thousand float down to you so you don't care.

Your last sentence screams that you do indeed think a plutocracy should be the path the US takes.

OnWis97 said:

pjl44 said:

The disproportionate amount of attention being paid to a glorified blue ribbon panel just because the guy is famous should be a wake up call to the shallow nature of a lot of political discourse

He's probably the most power person in the world right now. And Vivek has said that the first thing the administration should do is fire a third of federal employees. This is happening. And Elon's going to become the world's first trillionaire. The conflict of interest is happening in plain sight.

There are 2.8 million civilian federal employees. I'd be stunned if that number is over 2 million by the equinox. (Not to mention public and private people that will lose their jobs as a result).

It's happening.

Yeah, I don't get the disregard some people have. The senate majority leader vote today will tell us a lot about what to expect the next 4 years. If Rick Scott gets it, anything goes. This isn't going to be like his first term, he is filling positions with sycophants and trying to get rid of anyone who doesn't pledge loyalty to everything he wants. In his first term, sensible republicans put the country over party, but he doesn't want those people, he wants party over country. I guess we'll get to see how far some of them are willing to go. Hopefully they will do their duty for the country if push comes to shove.