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> When Boring Co.’s Davis called the Governor’s office the day the company received the citations, he spoke to Chris Reilly, the governor’s point person for state infrastructure, who was hired in 2024 after working at Tesla for more than seven years.

The revolving door continues to spin. Wouldn’t have guessed that a former Tesla executive now leading state infrastructure policy would give special treatment to another Musk-owned company.

Unsurprising but still despicable that the Boring Company disregards worker and emergency responder safety to this level, and that even a slap on the wrist fine was enough for them to go crying to the governor.

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With former pharmaceutical execs working at the FDA regulating drugs, former Boeing execs working at the FAA to regulate airlines and countless more examples it’s staggering corruption in the US isn’t talked about more.

It’s almost like the media companies no longer serve the population, and only serve the corrupt.

It’s exceptionally weird to blame “the media” for this type of thing in the comments of a story that was researched, written, and published by the media. At some point we’re the problem. If we don’t take corruption seriously, and apparently we don’t given everything happening at the moment, that’s a reflection of us and our priorities.

but how did we get the priorities?

Well, expect more. We’ve gutted the federal bureaucracy like a fish, anyone who wasn’t fired is leaving as soon as they can.

I’m hiring lots of amazing people from the feds. My client is going to make a fortune as the smartest people regulating them are now advocating for them. The government is, as intended, going to be generationally broken.

The government works better the fewer dollars and bureaucrats it has

So... Defund the police, I guess?

Do you ever wonder if parroting the thing they tell you to say without adding any context or justification might have negative consequences for you in the future or just make you look dumb in public? Even good faith people agreeing with the premise here aren't going to value a mindless dismissal.

Do you have any thoughts on why that might be or any times you haven't seen that to be true?

This is my learned opinion working as a FTE government contractor, as an IC.

Fantastic. I encourage you to add your first hand anecdotes and perspective to the conversation next time!

[citation needed]

The federal government has been trying this approach for a number of years, and it doesn't seem to make it more efficient or mobile. Justl ook at the state of it's digital services, they are stuck in 2005, at best.

Thats before you talk about the IRS. Virtually everywhere else most tax on wage is automatic, where filings are the exception.

> It’s almost like the media companies no longer serve the population, and only serve the corrupt.

Almost ? Who do you think owns the media companies ? /s

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