Some is pure arrogance. But I think tech bros/Elon have a skewed frame of reference for government programs. They know that they got ridiculous govt handouts and supports that could obviously be scaled back. Look at the exponential growths of their net worths and federal subsidies
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Is there fraud and abuse? Of course. It is continually monitored and you can argue even more resources can be focused here
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I won’t be surprised to end up seeing fairly mild net change in the end ~2yr from now. Most USAID programs will end up functioning under State; Dept of Ed under other agencies
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We voted for this wrecking ball approach over a precise analysis. We get what we deserve here. I guess we will see