Tag: government

What is DOGE’s Real Goal? | The Ezra Klein Show

Posted on by Lone Candle

DOGE is not significantly cutting the deficit. To do that, you need to go through Congress. They are not creating government efficiency, they are just firing whoever they can, whether they are useful workers or not.

In Elon’s businesses, he gets quick feedback. So he can cut cut cut, and then see what’s broken and add back in. If a car doesn’t work or sell, something is broken, so let’s fix it. The variety of functions of the government don’t work that way. The government isn’t an engineering business building an actual car or rocket.

Some excuses for destroying government and using it to be self-serving are that the Democrats were doing it. But this isn’t really true. The largest change passed by Democrats in the last few decades is the Affordable Care Act…it was a transfer of money from blue states to red states.

Elon either holds several false beliefs, or he regularly lies and misleads about political issues.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vv6AvLsx4g

Can the Private Sector Really Replace All Government Functions?

Posted on by Lone Candle

“I hate our big intrusive government, hate that it grabs almost half our money and micromanages our lives. I hate the politicians who act like good things come from them, rather than from millions of free people pursuing our own interests. I hate that government constantly grows more intrusive and takes more of our money (under both Democrat and Republican administrations).
But I do think we need some of it.”

https://reason.com/2025/01/15/can-the-private-sector-really-replace-all-government-functions/

Elon Musk’s Silicon Valley fail-fast ethos is clashing with Washington

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“at the Food and Drug Administration, the Trump administration is backpedaling on some of its terminations, reinstating workers in the agency’s medical devices division after realizing they were responsible for approving and monitoring the safety of life-saving equipment like pacemakers and defibrillators.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/26/musk-silicon-valley-ethos-washington-00206293

White House walks back funding freeze after a day of confusion

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“The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is walking back the federal funding freeze memo that set off a day of chaos and confusion on Tuesday up until a judge paused the order right before it was set to take effect.
“In light of the injunction, OMB has rescinded the memo to end any confusion on federal policy created by the court ruling and the dishonest media coverage,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. Leavitt said that other executive orders on “funding reviews” would remain in effect and that more would follow. “This action should effectively end the court case and allow the government to focus on enforcing the President’s orders on controlling federal spending. In the coming weeks and months, more executive action will continue to end the egregious waste of federal funding.”

The original memo would have paused the disbursement of federal grants and financial assistance programs, but its ambiguity and breadth led to a scramble for answers on what exactly would be impacted.”

https://www.theverge.com/news/602016/white-house-funding-freeze-memo-rescinded