In his interview with Bret Baier alongside the DOGE boys, Elon Musk says that he believes he can cut 15% of federal spending "without affecting any of the critical government services."
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Why is he the arbiter of waste and fraud? No doubt cuts can and should be made after thoughtful investigation, but this guy has a very recent history of damaging his companies, and he’s the expert they call on 🤷🏻♀️.
Not only is he totally full of shit, but Elmo went out of his way to pick the old guys instead of the ones he has living in our government office buildings.
And he can do it because no one in the Republican party is interested in doing their job of oversight on this maniac.
EM has already lost the trust of the American people. He blew it, big time with his chainsaw style disregard for critical gov agencies & the lives of civil service workers.
Cutting 15% of federal spending—$1.05 trillion—sounds like a wild dream when you look at how the budget’s locked up. About two-thirds of it is mandatory spending: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and interest on the debt. That’s $4.6 trillion or so, and touching those is political dynamite.
It’s so amazing that he doesn’t even have a job in our government, he’s not from our country, a drug addict, and he is deciding what happens to America and no one is batting an eye at it in the GOP.
Considering that DOGE has ALREADY crippled critical government services, that's an abvious lie.
So far, DOGE's claimed $115 Billion in savings would account for 1.7% of Government spending.
DOGE's verified spending cuts of $7.7 Billion account for only 0.11% of government spending
Also bears repeating that DOGE has not uncovered a cent of Fraud or outiright waste. They are cancelling grants Elon personally disagrees with (which include food banks, cancer research, jobs for veterans, ebola research, etc.)
Throwing out percentages with out knowing total dollars or impact is useless!
Musk: I can save you 30%
Me: I haven't told you how much I spend?
Musk: definitely 45%, no question.
Me: How did you get to these numbers?
Musk: What's your password?
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not legal.
not accepting this.
#resist
This is complete and utter HORSESHIT!!
The only way he gets to 15% is by cutting your social security and your Medicare/Medicaid.
It's coming!
And he can do it because no one in the Republican party is interested in doing their job of oversight on this maniac.
But what does that have to do with reality?
Fox and OAN are not newspapers.
Their motto: "The job of our networks is to afflict the afflicted and comfort the comfortable."
I'm probably close to what I believe than Elon is.
So far, DOGE's claimed $115 Billion in savings would account for 1.7% of Government spending.
DOGE's verified spending cuts of $7.7 Billion account for only 0.11% of government spending
Musk: I can save you 30%
Me: I haven't told you how much I spend?
Musk: definitely 45%, no question.
Me: How did you get to these numbers?
Musk: What's your password?