The Department of Government Efficiency (aka DOGE)

[Lazaran]

Excellent prediction. Relegating government functions to the states without providing sufficient funding seems like a very Musk/Trump thing to do.

It’s one of the reasons why there has been so much resistance from the states (even "red" states) to assist ICE: DonOld and the MAGAt republicans want the states to do ICE’s job without funding or compensation for the hits to their economies.

 

[Lazaran]

No one likes a mean bitter drunk.

No one likes a sore loser.



BSG just kicked "the best" your "side" had to offer’s asses. And she displayed exceptional intelligence and wit while doing so.

BSG - FTW!!!



Wat and their "side"

 

[Wat_Tyler]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CTWC-qJWcAANJsa.jpg:large

 

[TastySuckToy]

The guy who ruined Twitter and lost billions is in charge of a government department that was made up especially for him via his $200 million gift to trump.

Super fuckin efficient.

So how much money do you it should be worth to own one of the biggest public discourse platforms, help win an election, and get your foot in the door to help secure government financial efficiency for the world's largest super power country?

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

If it was a serious effort to make government more efficient, they wouldn’t have given it a joke name. They’re jusr doing it for the LULZ.

If it was a serious effort to be more efficient they wouldn’t have hired two people for the job, only one.

 

[Lazaran]

If it was a serious effort to be more efficient they wouldn’t have hired two people for the job, only one.

This ^ is an instant classic.







Also:

It’s like they’re telegraphing / broadcasting the fact that the whole thing (DOGE) is a farce.

 

[DeluxAuto]

So how much money do you it should be worth to own one of the biggest public discourse platforms, help win an election, and get your foot in the door to help secure government financial efficiency for the world's largest super power country?

I don't know because I wouldn't sell out my country. DonOld will sell you a position on his staff for $200 million, we know that.

 

[TastySuckToy]

I don't know because I wouldn't sell out my country.

You think government efficiency is 'selling out the country'? Voters like you are why your country is 35 trillion dollars in debt and spiraling out of control.

 

[Politruk]

You think government efficiency is 'selling out the country'? Voters like you are why your country is 35 trillion dollars in debt and spiraling out of control.

Debt on that scale is never caused by inefficiency.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

You think government efficiency is 'selling out the country'? Voters like you are why your country is 35 trillion dollars in debt and spiraling out of control.

The Republican Party says Trump ADDED 8 trillion dollars of that debt.
That doesn’t sound efficient.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

You think government efficiency is 'selling out the country'? Voters like you are why your country is 35 trillion dollars in debt and spiraling out of control.

The DOGE is a joke department. It’s not really going to make the government more efficient.

 

[DeluxAuto]

You think government efficiency is 'selling out the country'? Voters like you are why your country is 35 trillion dollars in debt and spiraling out of control.

I didn't say any of that, NastyFuckBoi. Learn to read.

 

[Politruk]

Well, the executive branch has been put together piecemeal over the centuries and a lot of it doesn't make sense organizationally -- e.g., NOAA is part of the Commerce Department. It might be an improvement if somebody systematically reorganized it along more rational lines.

For instance, there ought to be one department under which all agencies with scientific or technological missions, such as NOAA and NASA, are grouped.

Will this DOGE be doing anything like that?

 

[J_Bone]

Trump ain't that!

Pay attention. It’s referring to Musk and Vivek. Comprehension matters.

 

[J_Bone]

Conflict of interest much?

"We need to cut your business subsidies and increase mine to be more efficient "

<Insert ego stroking of 47 here>

How is it a conflict of interest to employ brilliant business minds to fix a totally broken and near futile financial situation?

They understand money, debt, spending, etc., far more than any politician who thinks the printing press solves all. That thought process got us to this point.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Looks like DOGE triggers.


Good.

 

[ll74]

How is it a conflict of interest to employ brilliant business minds to fix a totally broken and near futile financial situation?

Government pays his company.

Are you daft?

They understand money, debt, spending, etc., far more than any politician who thinks the printing press solves all. That thought process got us to this point.

Any business with an advantage with government subsidies making decisions the directly impact them...

You are daft

 

[Rebel5soul]

If they lack policy authority and budget control it’s a nothing burger. I’m skeptical about this producing any meaningful change. Maybe my skepticism will fade as more details come out.

That is the problem. As an example there are somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 (+/-) 'Jobs programs' in place today. They overlap each other but each were a bone thrown to a congress critter to get them to vote on something of greater importance, a political bribe if you will so they could go back to their district and crow about what they had accomplished.

That is just one subject out of many in which that same situation has, and is, taking place and there is no one party to bless or blame here.

The fact of the matter is that each and every one of any proposed cuts is going to be goring someones pet Ox and only a few MAY be subject to administrative elimination.

What Vivek and Musk can do is bring the wasteful bullshit to the public's attention and create some public outrage at the waste.

 

[TastySuckToy]

I didn't say any of that, NastyFuckBoi. Learn to read.

So you're in favour of government efficiency and financial responsibility. Good!

 

[Politruk]

So you're in favour of government efficiency and financial responsibility. Good!

What's that got to do with this? Based on what we've seen in this thread, the DOGE will be utterly helpless and powerless in that regard.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

What Vivek and Musk can do is bring the wasteful bullshit to the public's attention and create some public outrage at the waste.

They could do that, but they won't.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

That is the problem. As an example there are somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 (+/-) 'Jobs programs' in place today. They overlap each other but each were a bone thrown to a congress critter to get them to vote on something of greater importance, a political bribe if you will so they could go back to their district and crow about what they had accomplished.

That is just one subject out of many in which that same situation has, and is, taking place and there is no one party to bless or blame here.

The fact of the matter is that each and every one of any proposed cuts is going to be goring someones pet Ox and only a few MAY be subject to administrative elimination.

What Vivek and Musk can do is bring the wasteful bullshit to the public's attention and create some public outrage at the waste.

I’ve seen these types of initiatives tried by other administrations and not much came out of them, however there’s definitely no downside to trying. They are both exceptionally smart people.

 

[DeluxAuto]

So you're in favour of government efficiency and financial responsibility. Good!

Yes, but Leon isn't that guy as proven by his management of Twitter.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

I’ve seen these types of initiatives tried by other administrations and not much came out of them, however there’s definitely no downside to trying. They are both exceptionally smart people.

Elon Musk is exceptionally rich, but he's not smart.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Elon Musk is exceptionally rich, but he's not smart.