[DOGE] What if Elon Musk is put in charge of government efficiency?

[Madison320]

it can't and won't last - the system will inevitably revert to form and the status quo ante will reassert itself.

Exactly. The only way to reduce government is to get rid of entire functions. You're always going to have waste, fraud and abuse. That's a constant we just have to live with.

Of course we're never going to reduce government on our own as long as we can print and borrow. But the printing and borrowing is going to come to an end soon. High to hyper-inflation will end it.

 

[Occam's Banana]

https://x.com/cb_doge/status/1850676693465206962

https://x.com/RonPaul/status/1851041631459270785

 

[Occam's Banana]

https://x.com/RonPaul/status/1851041631459270785

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1851097005499826363
& https://x.com/RonPaul/status/1851108654235467870

 

[ClaytonB]

https://x.com/cb_doge/status/1850676693465206962

https://x.com/RonPaul/status/1851041631459270785

@elonmusk replied:

He cut Twitter staff by 80% and it kept working fine. Shoot for 90% cuts this time?

 

[PAF]

He cut Twitter staff by 80% and it kept working fine. Shoot for 90% cuts this time?

Just make it 95%, or even 98%. With the way technology is advancing and the push for digital money, all that will be needed are algorithms to track and collect no matter where on earth you may go. Skip/manipulate a payment they simply shut off your account.

Unlike a privately run business, if I had a choice between efficient and non-efficient government, I'd opt for non-efficient government every single time.

 

[TheCount]

he cut Twitter staff by 80% and it kept working fine. Shoot for 90% cuts this time?

Specifically, he cut all the Americans and kept the H-1B workers.

 

[ClaytonB]

Specifically, he cut all the Americans and kept the H-1B workers.

I have no issues with legal immigrants. I work in tech and most of my coworkers are H-1B or naturalized former H-1Bs.

Here's a shocker for you: a lot of H-1Bs are pro-Trump/Republican due to they immigrated legally and they consider it a slap in the face for other foreigners to just walk over the border and then get "amnesty", aka breaking the law and being rewarded for it. So, who cares if Musk fired a bunch of blue-haired, grande-latte-toting Wokies -- being a citizen and opposing everything that America stands for doesn't make you higher value than an immigrant, it just makes you a traitor. And a lot of H-1Bs understand that basic fact precisely because they're playing by the rules...

 

[ClaytonB]

Just make it 95%, or even 98%. With the way technology is advancing and the push for digital money, all that will be needed are algorithms to track and collect no matter where on earth you may go. Skip/manipulate a payment they simply shut off your account.

Unlike a privately run business, if I had a choice between efficient and non-efficient government, I'd opt for non-efficient government every single time.

As they say, you can lead a horse to water...

 

[PAF]

Mises: America Doesn’t Need More “Efficient” Government

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPtoc1cHoBM

Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to make the federal government more efficient. But if the true aim of our political system is not to solve the problems facing Americans but to transfer wealth to the government and the politically-connected, the government is already very efficient.

Read the article here.
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[Voluntarist]

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[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

Just make it 95%, or even 98%. With the way technology is advancing and the push for digital money, all that will be needed are algorithms to track and collect no matter where on earth you may go. Skip/manipulate a payment they simply shut off your account.

Unlike a privately run business, if I had a choice between efficient and non-efficient government, I'd opt for non-efficient government every single time.

If you had just spent 60 days in the desert without water and came upon a well, you would criticize the water, or the well, or the motive of the well, or the builders/owner of the well. My guess is you would drink the water.
The thinker and the doer, no allowance for the other, well you are the critic. If Rand or Thomas were running you would be pointing out how impure they were/are.
There are only two choices in this race. Rand Paul often publishes his yearly waste in spending. Stopping waste is a bad thing now. You can criticize technology, AI, EV's, but that won't stop it. @danno I was wondering. You live in California, a state that obviously votes Democrat, will you vote or just stay home since your vote won't change things?

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

The motive of a person that does not want to cut the waste is to promote deception.

At a cursory glance get rid of the income tax in leu of tariff and it won't matter how much you make. I would imagine a tariff is a one time charge for an item the first time it is sold in the country.

Whatever has been going on and whatever the left proposes is not working.

Musk might go down in history as the Greatest American Patriot of all time.

 

[acptulsa]

The motive of a person that does not want to cut the waste is to promote deception.

And what if the person you're talking about is Elon Musk? Aren't you taking him on blind faith?

 

[Invisible Man]

The motive of a person that does not want to cut the waste is to promote deception.

The motive of a person that does want to cut the waste is to promote all the positively wicked and tyrannical things that the federal government does, which are presently only impeded by that waste they want to cut.

Whatever has been going on and whatever the left proposes is not working.

And that's a good thing. We don't want those things to work. We want them to fail.

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

And what if the person you're talking about is Elon Musk? Aren't you taking him on blind faith?

No. I will take him on his actions. If he can cut 2 trillion from the budget I will call that a win. If he adds to the deficit I would consider him a failure. So far I call what he as done for America a win. Twitter/X and speech is better off that Musk got involved. That was at huge financial risk to his money and person. If he is willing to listen to Massie and Paul and make sensible cuts I call that a win.
Only time will tell.

 

[Invisible Man]

No. I will take him on his actions. If he can cut 2 trillion from the budget I will call that a win.

I would too.

But I haven't heard his potential role described as being in charge of reducing the size of the government. I have only heard it described as increasing government efficiency.

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

I would too.

But I haven't heard his potential role described as being in charge of reducing the size of the government. I have only heard it described as increasing government efficiency.

I heard something about cutting out 2 trillion in waste. But, I could have not heard correctly.

Regardless, if a person or entity is going on a spending spree it is still wise to get as much as you can for what you spend.

 

[PAF]

[MENTION=81289]GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged[/MENTION] , before I respond to any questions above, have you taken the couple of minutes to watch the following?


https://youtu.be/WPtoc1cHoBM

 

[Invisible Man]

it is still wise to get as much as you can for what you spend.

I think the opposite. I thank the Lord we don't get all the government we pay for.

 

[PAF]

I think the opposite. I thank the Lord we don't get all the government we pay for.

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