This is Musk trying to run government like a business and it perfectly encapsulates why that's bad.
When I started my company, we moved fast and did a lot of dumb things because we didn't know what we were doing. You can do that when it only affects seven people and around $50,000.
When I started my company, we moved fast and did a lot of dumb things because we didn't know what we were doing. You can do that when it only affects seven people and around $50,000.
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Aaron Rupar
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
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Your senators and congressmen are CIVIL SERVANTS, not Lords of The Manor. We need to _firmly_ remind them of that hard FACT. FIRMLY.
What a dumbass.
- 65% of new businesses fail within 10 years
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Businesses only survive for a finite time - the average being 21 years - and they often go bankrupt.
That's no way to run a country.
Profit is not part of the deal.
But that's not really what any of this is about, is it?!
Desmond, M. (2023). Poverty, by America (1st ed., p. 125). Crown Publishing.
Muskovite is intentionally bringing disaster down upon everyone with the dissolution of USAID.
Mind you, after treason, I suppose it's small beer.
https://bsky.app/profile/andrewjoyce.bsky.social/post/3lj423swyfs2d
Nearly every business has debt. They factor the debt and it's costs as*an investment* that will gain a *greater return* than those costs.
It's that last part the GOP seems to not understand.
So it was a disaster on a small scale it will be a huge disaster once scaled up.
I looked at her and said, that’s the point.
It is public services, NFP, and should not be making large changes overnight, especially based on one or even a few people's whims.
It is to be operated very carefully and calculated.
Wait- can't fix that? Maybe reboot?"
I do wonder how many GOP members actually like Elon Musk, there's quite a few disinterested looking people as Musk is talking in this clip.
Fuck around with the federal government and people die.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192001/elon-musk-government-funding-wealth
Trump close hospital
"Some of *YOU* may die, but it's a sacrifice *I* am willing to make" - Lord Farquaad
He could just do a good job. There would be widespread support for a thoughtful and careful audit of government agencies.