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104 sats \ 5 replies \ @028559d218 19h \ on: Elon Musk’s Hostile Takeover of the US Government (Financial Times, Big Read) econ
I'm not necessarily 'against' Doge. I agree that government is inefficient and spends way too much money.
However I am skeptical nonetheless of how the new admin is going about it.
Honestly Doge or what they do... is the last thing I would be concerned about.
My biggest complaint about the Trump administration is that I have no ideas as to what their actual goals are, what it is they are trying to achieve. If you're not sure what you're trying to achieve, what the actual end goal is, how can you do things in the furtherance of it?
I agree that his actions seem chaotic, but more often than not they're negotiating tactics to bring people to the table. I think his goals are exactly as advertised: secure the border, eliminate government waste, pare back the deep state
It's the latter that has beltway folks all worked up
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What do those things even mean though? And what good does 'securing the border' even do for Americans???
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You don't think Trump has wealthy corporate sponsors who he delivers results to?
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I agree with you to an extent. In general less government and middle men will be a net benefit to the taxpayer. There are far too many duplicative bureaucratic organizations that need to be cut out.
A dangerous downstream effect of what is happening right now, is in 2028 if Vance or the Republican's don't get re-elected is that the pendulum will swing extremely strong in the other direction.
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Seems pretty much like what he campaigned on. (Then again, he said a toooon of things so whatchagonna trust?)
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