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Every journey begins with one step ... you know its only Day 25, right ?***
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Clemson Icon [24327]
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Spending has gone up by $4 Billion per day since Trump took over.
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Feb 14, 2025, 12:43 PM
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At this rate, it won't take a year to double spending.
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Paw Master [16777]
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How much of that is servicing the debt?***
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Feb 14, 2025, 2:08 PM
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Game Changer [2093]
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Re: How much of that is servicing the debt?***
Feb 15, 2025, 1:36 PM
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Hey squaw, go back to sleep, seriously.
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Re: The Economist: "Elon Musk Isn't Making a Dent in Federal Spending."
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Feb 14, 2025, 12:39 PM
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You mean we can't balance the budget by cutting $25,000 grants for transgender comic books in Peru, and this is all just smoke and mirror to distract from what they're really doing?
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Clemson Icon [24327]
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Unfortunately, it seems to be an effective strategy for a gullible few.***
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Feb 14, 2025, 12:47 PM
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Orange Immortal [63275]
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I don't think anybody is under the illusion that Trump is a
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Feb 14, 2025, 12:50 PM
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tightwad deficit hawk. He's a big spender who funnels big money to things he thinks are important, no doubt.
Having said that, I understand that what's important and what's wasteful insanity is often a matter of opinion, but I'm thrilled to see most of the BS he/Musk is exposing and cutting, even if it is grandstanding. It's a glorious thing.
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Clemson Icon [24327]
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I haven't seen any specific examples, just generalities. I would prefer it be
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Feb 14, 2025, 12:55 PM
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done legally according to our Constitution, with vetting and transparency through the people's representatives in Congress, none of which is happening.
I just see a willingness on the part of some to trust that Trump and Musk are doing the right thing for our country with zero evidence that they are.
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Then why are you and your worthless ilk crying about it?***
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Feb 14, 2025, 12:56 PM
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Tiger Titan [47689]
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Not a single Trump cultist can defend this
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Feb 14, 2025, 1:06 PM
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It goes to show what we've known all along: Trump and Musk are liars and crooks, and have no intention of cutting funding. They'll spend whatever it takes to personally benefit themselves.
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Clemson Icon [27325]
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Correcting decades of graft and corruption doesn't happen in 3 weeks...
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Feb 14, 2025, 1:13 PM
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Trying to deal with the interest on the $36T debt that resulted will take some time. It doesn't matter who is in charge.
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Clemson Conqueror [11874]
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Then start with ALL the politicians and big gov contracts***
Feb 14, 2025, 1:17 PM
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They had to get the "disinformation" media out of the way first... Right?
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Feb 14, 2025, 2:25 PM
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When they get into the Pentagon and elsewhere, the 'numbers' are going to escalate dramatically.
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Clemson Conqueror [11874]
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the big $$$ will start fighting back and Musk and his merry boyz will be
Feb 14, 2025, 3:47 PM
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relieve of they're internships
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Ultimate Tiger [37141]
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wanna bet?***
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Yea... G.R.A.F.T. ... Get your dictionary out.***
Feb 14, 2025, 10:34 PM
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Re: The Economist: "Elon Musk Isn't Making a Dent in Federal Spending."
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So if these are irrelevant inconsequential cuts why are lefties melting down and pretending we are in the midst of a constitutional crisis? Can't have it both ways morons.
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Because you sycophants don't understand our Constitution.***
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Clemson Icon [27325]
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Obviously, you DON'T... Take another look at that organizational chart.***
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Feb 14, 2025, 1:16 PM
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Clemson Icon [24327]
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Link to US Constitution's Organizational Chart?***
Feb 14, 2025, 2:07 PM
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Clemson Icon [27325]
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Government Organization Chart... but you knew that. It's the Executive's perview***
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Feb 14, 2025, 2:27 PM
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Admin State crooks R worried that the speed of DOGE outpaces - - -
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Feb 15, 2025, 10:48 AM
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- - - the ability of the crooks to cover up their crimes before they get caught.
Speed matters in solving crimes.
Remember how the FBI’s purposeful dawdling gave Hillary enough time to thoroughly wipe her private server of evidence about her illegal possession of classified documents?
By dawdling for ~ 2 weeks, the FBI gave her time to destroy the 3vidence.
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Trump and MAGA want to expand the debt limit by $4 trillion. Why?
Feb 14, 2025, 1:46 PM
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Where will this money go?
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Re: The Economist: "Elon Musk Isn't Making a Dent in Federal Spending."
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Feb 14, 2025, 1:48 PM
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He is making liberals mad. That's all that matters. That's all they care about. That's the practical part that is working, so they are all good.
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So we shouldn't stop sending millions for trannys on the moon?***
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Link?***
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Re: Link?***
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He’s making a parody of the innumerable ‘petty’ wasteful examples by the Administrative State on special interest projects.
That the ‘wasters’ get so worked up about a trivial few hundred thousands of dollars shouldn’t surprise anyone. If each instance of such modest amounts of waste can be traced / spread about to a few dozen individuals, then the ‘wasters’ may be facing a RICO charge (criminal conspiracy).
Believe it or not, a criminal doesn’t have to be caught stealing $50,000 to be imprisoned for a crime.
^^^^ this ^^^^^ is why they are so worked up, and why the supporters of these thefts of government assets are so disingenuous about downplaying the DOGE examples.
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Re: The Economist: "Elon Musk Isn't Making a Dent in Federal Spending."
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Has there actually been cuts? Wasn’t this money already spent?
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LOL***
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Paw Master [16777]
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If he was cutting carbon emissions one gram at a time,
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you simpleton fktrds would be licking his nutz. Ya'll some ignorant mfkrs.
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Re: If he was cutting carbon emissions one gram at a time,
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Huh? Yes, people would be happy if he were cleaning up the environment. And?
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Elon will get a few spending scalps, but the real money is in SS/Med/Med...
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Feb 15, 2025, 9:52 AM
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Maybe some in the Defense Department, too.
Most of Elon's work isn't really about spending cuts. It's about breaking up the supposed "Deep State", i.e., the Civil Service. You break up the Civil Service, and install Trump loyalists, and impound funds, which destroys Congress' power of the purse. This is the goal, not spending cuts. Elon is a servant in the Unitary Executive theory, as laid out in Project 2025.
Americans were warned. They voted for it. They're gonna get it.
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Clemson Conqueror [11249]
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Re: Elon will get a few spending scalps, but the real money is in SS/Med/Med...
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Why do the supporters of these traditional thefts by Administrative State entities want to see the criminals get away with it?
Do they not understand that most habitual thieves get caught when one of their crimes gets exposed, and that only upon further investigation are that criminals’ additional crimes revealed?
From the passion which the DOGE haters (i.e., those in the general public) attempt to dismiss DOGE’s discoveries as trivial … the implication being that the searches for wasteful expenditures are superfluous … one would deduce that the complainers are somehow getting a job related benefit from that waste being allowed to continue unabated.
In other words, a lot of the DOGE complainers are benefitting in some way from the thievery.
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As I've stated in the past, I think TNet has a 'few'...***
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Ah, now that's solid reasoning.
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If you disagree with his methods, then clearly you're part of the crime, right?
What if some people are observing the situation from afar and don't agree with the logic or the ROI of the decision-making? Or what if DOGE's efforts present serious ethical conflicts, where those observers do not feel the gains outweigh the risks?
Are you so devoted to Trump that you now see anyone who disagrees with him as a criminal or the direct beneficiary of criminal activity?
Here's another scenario for you:
A hardware store keeps getting robbed. Trump comes in and says "burn down the store, then it can't get robbed anymore." A passerby sees this and says, "Hey that's not right!" .... And RemembertheDanny comes running in to say, "I've deduced that the concerned passerby is clearly getting payoffs from the robbers!"
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