Is Elon Draining the Swamp on Government Spending or Is He the Swamp?

[Harrisfan]

2 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Are you saying that he NEVER collected any data re shopping habits etc?

Every website collects data. Your phone collects data. Air Asia and Singapore Airlines collect data.

 

If this worries you don't use any device. 

[scottiejohn]

2 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Every website collects data. Your phone collects data. Air Asia and Singapore Airlines collect data.

Then why imply that he did not?

Typical of your one-sided misleading posts!

[Walker88]

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

Fantastic and extremely knowledgeable comment. Being that you demonstrate such a commanding grasp of political analysis you should be able to explain this map to us all. 

How about explaining what these numbers mean. 312 and 226.

I can explain it.

 

The areas in Blue represent 62% of US GDP. The areas in Red are a mere 38% of US GDP, and the areas most slurping at the Federal trough. The Blue areas carry the parasitic Red areas, as their inhabitants produce 9.25 times per capita the GDP output of inhabitants in the Red areas.

 

Your numbers 312 and 226 are a reflection of Republican gerrymandering.

 

The most glorious part of "American Democracy" is that the State of California has two Senators, while its population is greater than the combined population of ND, SD, IA, AL, AK, NV, WV, KS, TN, KY, UT, AR, NE, ID, MT, and OK, each of which have two Senators, the folks who get to approve Cabinet positions and judges. Funny those are all Red States, too. California is the world's 5th largest economy, but its Senators have less say than Senators from States who could almost fit all voters into the LA Coliseum.

 

Absurdly, Wyoming has two Senators, but has a smaller population than Columbus, OH, a city ruled by a mayor whose name everyone outside of Columbus would have to Google.

[jvs]

14 hours ago, RSD1 said:

Here’s a summary of just some of Elon Musk’s major U.S. government contracts related to SpaceX, highlighting the financial ties between Musk and the military-industrial complex:

 

• National Security Space Launch (NSSL): $316 million+ (U.S. Space Force)

• Human Landing System (Moon Lander): $2.89 billion (NASA)

• Spy Satellite Network: $1.8 billion (National Reconnaissance Office)

• Rocket Cargo Program: $102 million (U.S. Space Force)

 

These contracts illustrate the deep and incestuous financial entanglement between Musk’s ventures and U.S. government funding.

He got a lot more then that,Tesla got billions!

 

[dinsdale]

3 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

I can explain it.

 

The areas in Blue represent 62% of US GDP. The areas in Red are a mere 38% of US GDP, and the areas most slurping at the Federal trough. The Blue areas carry the parasitic Red areas, as their inhabitants produce 9.25 times per capita the GDP output of inhabitants in the Red areas.

 

Your numbers 312 and 226 are a reflection of Republican gerrymandering.

 

The most glorious part of "American Democracy" is that the State of California has two Senators, while its population is greater than the combined population of ND, SD, IA, AL, AK, NV, WV, KS, TN, KY, UT, AR, NE, ID, MT, and OK, each of which have two Senators, the folks who get to approve Cabinet positions and judges. Funny those are all Red States, too. California is the world's 5th largest economy, but its Senators have less say than Senators from States who could almost fit all voters into the LA Coliseum.

 

Absurdly, Wyoming has two Senators, but has a smaller population than Columbus, OH, a city ruled by a mayor whose name everyone outside of Columbus would have to Google.

Interesting analysis. Now tell me. How many states changed from blue to red and who won the election?

[Harrisfan]

15 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Then why imply that he did not?

Typical of your one-sided misleading posts!

Read again. They made money from goods and services being supplied not data collection. Data collection would enhance profits by 5 or 10% though. Signing up to loyalty schemes will save you 10 to 25% though. So the paranoid pay higher prices.

[jvs]

14 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

If only liberals could say something intelligent. It may never happen. 3 weeks in office non stop whingeing.

 

Wait 6 months then see how things are going.

Yes let's just wait and see what happens.

I stocked up on pop corn already!

 

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[frank83628]

16 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I don't know where your "Yet you're screaming bloody murder when DOGE gets in" comes from.

 

It seems Musk is shutting down and taking over. Is that the proper way to do things?

If he buys a company and fires 80% of the people, that is his decision and his consequences - see Twitter.

 

But the government has lots of long-time contracts and obligations. Obviously, they should be revived and if necessary canceled. But just stopping everything from one day to the next is certainly not the way to do government business. 

He bought twitter, got rid of 80% of the libtard activist staff, streamlined the whole company and now doubled it profits.

What exactly is wrong with that?

[tomazbodner]

What DOGE is doing is long overdue. If you look at US debt calculator, which increases every fraction of a second, it's clear this cannot continue. You can't continue to spend beyond your abilities and just keep increasing debt ceiling. Something has to be done about it. This is common sense that everyone of you who is not deeply in debt or homeless should be well aware of. It's just about HOW it is done that raises eyebrows...

[Negita43]

14 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Musk bought twitter to preserve free speech. He did not buy it to make money.

Didn't he try to back out of the deal? So much for his commitment to free speech

[Harrisfan]

1 minute ago, Negita43 said:

Didn't he try to back out of the deal? So much for his commitment to free speech

Twitter had millions of fake accounts.

[Jim Blue]

37 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

What DOGE is doing is long  overdue .

Well I thought he was going to DTS ( drain the swamp )  last time so yes it is overdue !