Elon Musk Urges US to 'delete' Federal Agencies in Government Overhaul

[Eric Loh]

10 hours ago, Social Media said:

Elon Musk has called for a drastic reduction of the United States federal government,

He is hinting at cuts for many agencies and programs, including social security, Medicare, Medicaid. All part of Trump’s agenda to cut taxes for the rich. 

[frank83628]

Arrrggghhh, noooooo, how dare Musk save money and streamline the bloated government agencies, i want more government spending and wastage of my tax dollars!!

More condoms to Gaza and drag shows in Peru, 

 

Unbelievable  

 

 

*Profane trolling meme removed*

 

[HappyExpat57]

4 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

Arrrggghhh, noooooo, how dare Musk save money and streamline the bloated government agencies, i want more government spending and wastage of my tax dollars!!

More condoms to Gaza and drag shows in Peru, 

 

Unbelievable  

 

Apparently you're having trouble keeping up. President Musk admitted in his oval office he was wrong about the Gaza condom thing, but MAGA folks are like slow-witted dogs with a bone.

[jaywalker2]

Yeah, who cares about checks and balances, the Constitution, or Congress for that matter. Let's just let one guy from South Africa take over the government and delete any agencies that interfere with his business or he has a politiical aversion to. Great idea!

[frank83628]

5 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

 

Apparently you're having trouble keeping up. President Musk admitted in his oval office he was wrong about the Gaza condom thing, but MAGA folks are like slow-witted dogs with a bone.

Wrong about the country. The wasted money was correct

[frank83628]

19 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

He is hinting at cuts for many agencies and programs, including social security, Medicare, Medicaid. All part of Trump’s agenda to cut taxes for the rich. 

Wastage is wastage, or you want everything to stay juat as it is.

 

[thaipo7]

6 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Musk is the one who needs to be somehow eliminated from this ridiculousness. Sure, many areas need to be trimmed. Is he the one to do it? 

 

As his wealth has increased so has his level of arrogance, insanity and foolishness. I don't trust his judgment and he now has far too much power. 

Yeah - We are so much better under the corrupt Marxist Democrats.  Drain the Swamp.

[Eric Loh]

9 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

Wastage is wastage, or you want everything to stay juat as it is.

 

I agree with waste cutting. Have to be thought out, carefully plan and within the law. Elon’s wrecking ball approach without proper planning and transparency is doing more harm than good. 

[frank83628]

26 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

I agree with waste cutting. Have to be thought out, carefully plan and within the law. Elon’s wrecking ball approach without proper planning and transparency is doing more harm than good. 

Yeah and it would go through the system, be delayed where ever possible by the opposition, 

then you'd all claim nothing was getting done and musk was failing 

[Callmeishmael]

If they are really serious about cutting waste, they should look at the DOD.  The US has more aircraft carriers than the rest of the world combined.  Do you know how many billions could be saved by selling off 1/2 of them? 

[spidermike007]

6 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Musk giving press conferences from the Oval Office while Trump sat there looking like a lost grandad who doesn’t know what’s going on around him is all the warning anyone should need.

 

Musk is clearly running the show.

 

An unelected billionaire who is constitutionally barred from the Presidency has taken advantage of an old man whose out of it.

 

The times still think the Billionaire has their best interests in mind.

 

 

If Musk is now president and Trump is Vice President, what on earth is Vance? Secretary? The guy who runs to Starbucks? 

[spidermike007]

56 minutes ago, thaipo7 said:

Yeah - We are so much better under the corrupt Marxist Democrats.  Drain the Swamp.

Is there a parrot in the room? I seem to hear an echo. 

[lom]

2 hours ago, candide said:

Let's eliminate the NASA and its useless spendings!

Oh wait! 😆

Isn't the space program our only way to get rid of the billionaires?

[Walker88]

1 hour ago, Harrisfan said:

There are 100,000 terrorists in the world. One is born each day. You cannot stop it. 

Okay Sparktrader, then let's have Israel take down the wall between Gaza and Israel proper. Hamas has more fighters now since before 7 October, as the killing of so many innocents in Gaza was a boon to Hamas' recruitment. Since not only can terrorism not be stopped, we now have proof that retaliation against areas housing terrorists creates even more terrorists.

 

Give Netanyahu a call and share your MAGA wisdom with him.

 

Oh, and some of the laid off workers in the US guard the US' nuclear stockpile. I guess terrorists who might get their hands on some US nukes cannot be stopped, so why bother.

 

MAGAs.   LOL!

[Walker88]

1 hour ago, thaipo7 said:

Yeah - We are so much better under the corrupt Marxist Democrats.  Drain the Swamp.

Yes, who needs robust economic growth and low unemployment. Let's bring back the Recession and 6.8% unemployment PINO 1.0 left behind.

 

You clowns have absolutely no clue what the term Marxism actually means.

 

Willful ignorance is a horrible way to go through life. Then again, maybe it's not willful.

[John Drake]

1 hour ago, Callmeishmael said:

If they are really serious about cutting waste, they should look at the DOD.  The US has more aircraft carriers than the rest of the world combined.  Do you know how many billions could be saved by selling off 1/2 of them? 

 

You're correct, but it's more fundamental than that. We have too many generals and admirals. Too many military golf courses and country clubs. Too few government contractors, because of mergers, and thus less competition in bidding for armaments. And of course the $650 toilet seats and $7500 coffee makers. Whatever the excuses, they still paid stupid sums of money for pedestrian items that can be got for a tenth or less of those prices.

[spidermike007]

Did anyone see the press conference with Musk and Trump in the Oval Office? Musk's son appears to say to Trump you are not president you should leave, and then wipes a booger on his desk. At least somebody knows how to show this man the disrespect that he richly deserves. And the kid is likely repeating what Musk is saying at home. 

[Luuk Chaai]

12 hours ago, wwest5829 said:

Irony, I can support the goal. I cannot, will not support the way this is being done in an unconstitutional means.

totally constitutional and legal 

 The President  as in the Chief Executive has absolute authority ( and can appoint people to assist) to do so ....   audit /control/suspend eliminate

[Luuk Chaai]

6 hours ago, jaywalker2 said:

Yeah, who cares about checks and balances, the Constitution, or Congress for that matter. Let's just let one guy from South Africa take over the government and delete any agencies that interfere with his business or he has a politiical aversion to. Great idea!

the guy from South Africa does not delete anything...

 he finds it and reports it..  only President Trump can pull the trigger

[Harrisfan]

5 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

If Musk is now president and Trump is Vice President, what on earth is Vance? Secretary? The guy who runs to Starbucks? 

Running to Starbucks still more useful than Kamala who did nothing.

[Harrisfan]

5 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Is there a parrot in the room? I seem to hear an echo. 

Biden made the debt worst ever. Somebody has to reduce it.

[Lacessit]

The wealth gap in the USA is  going to get bigger. Cutting taxes will only accelerate the trend. So will tariffs.

 

IIRC it was Churchill who said destroying a free market only serves to create a black market.

 

If Musk gets his way, the data of those federal agencies he wants to close will be acquired by him. Free.

 

$250 million to buy the Presidency is not a bad investment at all, considering the billions Musk can harvest from all that data.

 

It does not matter if poor Americans or minority groups voted for Trump or Harris, they will all be tossed under a bus, irrespective of political affiliation.

[connda]

Elon Musk Urges US to 'delete' Federal Agencies in Government Overhaul

 

Many of them need to be "deleted.'

[riclag]

15 hours ago, mr336 said:

Yea but what if he looks at my personal information🤣. Corrupt foolish Dems and their brainwashed followers.

If  your American ,chances are you’re personal information  is on the dark web , via outdated, lacking security measures , 3rd party database leak( (National Database Public Breach)

during the Biden administration in 2024.

 

 

[Yellowtail]

15 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

This reminds me of when I first started playing with a Windows computer. I'd start deleting files willy nilly until - OOPS - I just crashed my computer.

 

These idiots are using the same process. They haven't a CLUE what impact killing these programs will have on the US public. People are already dying for lack of food and medical care USAID used to provide. YES there are a lot of unnecessary programs throughout the entire government, but this slash and burn foolishness will NOT win the hearts and minds of voters who wake up one day only to discover a program they depended on was cut by president Musk.

 

Not to mention, you really want to cut spending in any program? You send in forensic accountants, not coders (one of whom was fired from another job for divulging information to a competing company). I am not at all assured they won't put back doors in the servers. That's what hostile coders do.

Just because you're clueless does not mean everyone else is. 

 

 

[Yellowtail]

44 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

The wealth gap in the USA is  going to get bigger. Cutting taxes will only accelerate the trend. So will tariffs.

 

IIRC it was Churchill who said destroying a free market only serves to create a black market.

 

If Musk gets his way, the data of those federal agencies he wants to close will be acquired by him. Free.

 

$250 million to buy the Presidency is not a bad investment at all, considering the billions Musk can harvest from all that data.

 

It does not matter if poor Americans or minority groups voted for Trump or Harris, they will all be tossed under a bus, irrespective of political affiliation.

Dude cracks me up. 

 

 

[riclag]

7 hours ago, Callmeishmael said:

If they are really serious about cutting waste, they should look at the DOD.  The US has more aircraft carriers than the rest of the world combined.  Do you know how many billions could be saved by selling off 1/2 of them? 

The government cant, won’t investigate 

itself . Even when bi partisan agencies come in such as the GAO and exposé malfeasance, nothing happens.

They all been beating this up for decades .

2013: Chairman Issa. The Oversight Committee exists to secure two fundamental principles: first, Americans have a right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent and, second, Americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them. Our duty on the Oversight and Government Reform.

 

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-113hhrg79903/html/CHRG-113hhrg79903.htm

 

https://www.cagw.org/thewastewatcher/gao-cites-billions-left-chopping-block

[riclag]

6 hours ago, John Drake said:

 

You're correct, but it's more fundamental than that. We have too many generals and admirals. Too many military golf courses and country clubs. Too few government contractors, because of mergers, and thus less competition in bidding for armaments. And of course the $650 toilet seats and $7500 coffee makers. Whatever the excuses, they still paid stupid sums of money for pedestrian items that can be got for a tenth or less of those prices.

Why have they failed 7 audits!

waste , fraud & abuse.
 

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/11/pentagon-fails-7th-audit-in-a-row-eyes-passing-grade-by-2028/

[Harrisfan]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

The wealth gap in the USA is  going to get bigger. Cutting taxes will only accelerate the trend. So will tariffs.

 

IIRC it was Churchill who said destroying a free market only serves to create a black market.

 

If Musk gets his way, the data of those federal agencies he wants to close will be acquired by him. Free.

 

$250 million to buy the Presidency is not a bad investment at all, considering the billions Musk can harvest from all that data.

 

It does not matter if poor Americans or minority groups voted for Trump or Harris, they will all be tossed under a bus, irrespective of political affiliation.

Paranoid much. He is cutting waste.

[TedG]

8 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

He is hinting at cuts for many agencies and programs, including social security, Medicare, Medicaid. All part of Trump’s agenda to cut taxes for the rich. 

 

He lacks the power to cut and Medicare.