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"Musk says he'll fix the corrupt Democrat-run government and reduce two trillion in spending and given his track record I have no reason not to believe him."

Real quote from a friend when this whole thing was going down.

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> A young programmer asked if he should go work for DOGE, or whether it would end in disaster. I told him that it would at least be interesting, and that if he was worried it would end in disaster, that was all the more reason to take the job. Maybe he could help prevent that.

https://xcancel.com/paulg/status/1888555241055948981

I guess this aged like Windows Me

Given his track record of raising ever more money on idealistic claims only to deliver less and less... I think he delivered exactly as expected

Americans love their conmen.

What does he say now?

People can be wrong or caught up in a movement. That's fine.

It's the way they react when proven wrong that's the most relevant. What does your friend say when confronted with the reality of DOGE and the general amateurism and incompetence of the Trump admin?

Musk's goal was never to reduce government spending or waste. It was to get unrestrained access to government spending data to serve his own goals.

It's a conspiracy theory - I don't have any real evidence to support it, but I tend to believe it.

Musk's primary goal was to kneecap the federal agencies investigating him and his companies:

- himself: SEC, FEC

- Tesla: NHTSA, EEOC, NLRB

- Xitter: CFPB

- Neuralink: FDA

- SpaceX: DOD, DOJ, EPA, NASA, FAA

[0] https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-03-27/elon-musk-...

Given his track record, spending should be at four trillion now, right?

I'd switch friends.

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