Its hard to run Govt's without piling on debt.

The latest great example is Germany breaking its own rules it imposed on Greece recently so that it can borrow more. And its doing it not because its in economic shambles or distress, but because their entire economic model of earning via exports(China) and relying on cheap energy(Russia) is unraveling.

It teaches us nothing is black and white in a complex, fast and ever changing world. What works one day may not work the next day. Political creatures enjoy and thrive in this state of affairs cause nothing they say will be entirely wrong if Media 24x7 frames everything in terms of right and wrong.

And on the other side of things if Trump loses I don't think Musk realizes the MAGA cult-mind is going to search for scapegoats and I imagine he's pretty high on the list of likely targets, especially when they find out how poorly he ran the get-out-the-vote drive he's responsible for.

I mean his wealth is basically irrelevant. A lot of his wealth isn’t even actually there (it’s just unrealized gains that can’t be realized in real life). But even setting that aside, the spending we do as a country and at all the other levels of the government is insanely huge. The federal government alone is obligated to spend around $9T. State and local governments spend another $4T ish. That’s $13T in one year. The total theoretical wealth of all the billionaires in the US is less than $6T. You could take away all of their wealth and it would not solve the spending issues we face. Either way, deep spending cuts HAVE to happen, to prevent the worst case economic hardship.