Thursday, January 09, 2025

Musk Suddenly Backtracks on His Biggest DOGE Promise

Musk is finally admitting the Department of Government Efficiency is going to be a total bust.

Posted by Corky at 10:30 PM | 11 COMMENTS | permalink

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"I think we'll try for $2 trillion. I think that's the best-case outcome," Musk responded.

"But I do think that you kind of have to have some overage. I think if we try for $2 trillion, we've got a good shot at getting one [trillion]."

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"This is vindicating for budget specialists who have been deeply skeptical about Musk's claims from the jump, as cutting $2 trillion from a $6.8 trillion budget is essentially unfeasible."

"Musk has been touting DOGE as a fiscal savior fighting big government ever since Trump named him as co-chair of the advisory body in November.

But its potential grows more and more questionable as Trump's inauguration draws nearer"and as Republican intraparty rifts grow more pronounced.

Musk's retraction on the $2 trillion he boldly proclaimed onstage at the Madison Square Garden Rally is only the latest example."

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-09 01:31 PM

I think if we try for $2 trillion, we've got a good shot at getting one [trillion].

Well they say the best way to make a million dollars is to start with 2 million.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-01-09 01:40 PM

Musk's retraction on the $2 trillion he boldly proclaimed onstage at the Madison Square Garden Rally is only the latest example."

#1 | POSTED BY CORKY

Just like we warned America not to waste American blood and treasure in the sands of Iraq (especially without an exit strategy) we tried to warn Americans about Trump and his so-called "plans". Or should I say his "concepts of plans"? Because he doesn't actually have any well thought out plans. Just trolls and memes and feces that he flings at the walls to see what sticks.

America can apparently only learn its lessons the hard way.
It's
BTW- I can find $2trillion to cut from the budget right now.

Unfortunately I would need a Time Machine to stop America from entering Iraq.

(With a Time Machine I could even find another $2 trillion by preventing Trumpy's tax cuts for the wealthy.)

#3 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-01-09 03:04 PM

Elon is free to resign the presidency at any time.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2025-01-09 03:08 PM

Is it true Leon is going to pardon Epstein's wingman?

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-01-09 03:10 PM

Elon and his dog Trump have their minds set on getting some of the funds from Social Security and Medicare as Republicans always do.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-09 03:13 PM

When they come for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc...
it is important that people fight back and call their local
representatives. Don't roll over and just take it like well
trained American Lemmings.

#7 | Posted by earthmuse at 2025-01-10 06:34 AM

Ketamine ... breakfast of chumps.

#8 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-01-10 07:00 AM

"We" are going to get one trillion..."
Let me translate that from oligarch speak: The idiot MAGA people have been brainwashed into supporting the super rich, as those rich form a gang that will take from the poor and give to the rich, and most of that trillion will go right into the pockets of people like Musk and Bezos and of course...zuck.
The Poor will get little to nothing and many may actually lose Social Security , medicare, health care, educational opportunities, and the rest.
Any country that lets the plutocrats run the show, are living in a banana republic but don't have the courage to acknowledge that fact.

#9 | Posted by Hughmass at 2025-01-10 07:04 AM

Musk Suddenly Backtracks on His Biggest DOGE Promise

This is what happens when people who know NOTHING about government get involved to try and FIX government and that includes the voters. Things are the way they are for a reason. The people that went before them weren't idiots just doing things on a whim. The collective wisdom of everyone that went before us got us to this point in time.

In order to change the way the government works, spends its money, etc., there will be some pain. Who should bear that pain? The people least able to bear it? During the days of Jim Crow, the answer was easy: POC. It was easy to determine and then target who did/did not benefit from America's riches. Now that POC participate more fully in society and enjoy its benefits, it is harder to target them exclusively. So, in order to "right the ship", conservatives and xenophobes target the one institution that can guarantee that POC and other marginalized people can fully participate in society: the federal government.

#10 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2025-01-10 07:18 AM

Yeah, whatever.

The foreseeable future will be riddled with these a-holes saying inflammatory crap to rile whoever and and then backtracking.

#11 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-01-10 07:36 AM

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