Re: Elon Musk's Commission

On Sat, 14 Sep 2024, Retrograde wrote:

On 2024-09-06, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

Trump Bombs His Big Speech Debuting Elon Musk's Commission
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If you listened, though, there was some news here. Musk -- who did a
glitchy, podcast-style interview with Trump where he bragged about
firing employees -- has apparently agreed to head a commission that
would root out what Trump calls government fraud and abuse. Government
waste, particularly in the form of fraudulent spending, is in fact a
major problem in the budget, with the Government Accountability Office
estimating that it reaches more than $500 billion a year. (Trump's
plan is similar to the GAO's Biden-era approach for rooting it out.)
The Musk-led commission, if it ever happens, would supposedly save
"trillions" of dollars over an unspecified period
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https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-bombs-his-big-economics-speech.html
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Elon is off the charts....watch out for those Alpha Males, they may
have grandiose ideas.

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He's not Alpha, he's a Douchenozzle.
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I look forward to the committee on wastefulness being headed by a dude
who bought a website valued at billions and promptly (within a year)
caused it to be worth a quarter of its previous value.  Loser.
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That's not a got way to measure. Many times have I invested, only to see the investment lose value for a year or some years, only to be sold at a handsome profit in the end.
Elon may be many things, be he is not stupid. Usually the people who think so are just annoyed because of a difference of opinion.
The man is a billionaire, and that doesn't happen randomly.