Matt Collins
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"Government efficiency" is an oxymoron.
Unlike private actors, government has little to no incentive to be "efficient", because it suffers little or no serious or significant consequences for being "inefficient" (none, at least, that can't be fobbed off onto someone else - such as tax payers, et al.).
Even if genuinely dedicated reformers manage to somehow reduce wastefulness, etc., it can't and won't last - the system will inevitably revert to form and the status quo ante will reassert itself. (But in the meantime, it would be fun watching a bunch of outraged pundits and parasitic bureaucrats squeal like stuck pigs - so there's that, I guess ...)
Or we'll "never get to Mars"?![]()
"Government efficiency" is an oxymoron.
Unlike private actors, government has little to no incentive to be "efficient", because it suffers little or no serious or significant consequences for being "inefficient" (none, at least, that can't be fobbed off onto someone else - such as tax payers, et al.).
This is why it's so genius to put Elon in charge of government efficiency. [...]
(But in the meantime, it would be fun watching a bunch of outraged pundits and parasitic bureaucrats squeal like stuck pigs - so there's that, I guess ...)
He has good reason to say that. The Starship test program was slowed down dramatically during the Biden administration compared to the much looser Trump years.
TBH, I've always wanted to see a manned mission to Mars before I kick. Doubly more so, how cool would it be to drill through the ice of Europa to see if any lifeforms are under it.
The percentage of Musk's businesses which are subsidized by the federal government will increase from 90% to 100%.
I wonder if Elon can get them to subsidize any of my businesses, y'know, for "efficiency"
Donate a few million dollars each election and you too can receive the benefits of the patronage system.
Yeah exactly.Yeah, I'm all for cutting waste and fraud, but the words "efficient government" scare the hell outta me.
To paraphrase Musk:
“The government strangles us with regulations, and I will help make it do what it does more efficiently.”
Our Consitution ...
guarantees and demands a government OTPBTPFTP.