Trump Says Musk Will Lead New ‘Government Efficiency Commission’— (Poll)

[kyzr]

If the mess in question is an executive-level operation, it can be done away with sans congress.

My guillotine's 1st victim is, Pocahontas' CFPB under the Fed so it has no oversight, it didn't help "price gauging" either<g>

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The the Dept of ED, just Block Grant funds to the States. The DOE did NOT improve education.

Then an EO making Fed workers "at will" so they can be fired or dismissed

Then all subsidies, the 15% tax rate is enough of a gift to corporations

Then all Foreign Aid

Then all NIH grants, cut that budget in half for funding Covid.

 

[Oddball]

SAVAGE!!

 

[rightwinger]

Remember that lavish party, with the guy sitting in the bathtub in the luxury suite in a Las Vegas hotel?

As far as being cheap and petty, and wasting money, the government can be both. We had cheap metal furniture, yet the GS-15 who dumped the 19 thermometers in the trash because he only needed 1 still wasted money left and right. And there are plenty like him.

Speaking of wasting money, why is the government paying contractors $400 an hour?

If you want to compare executive compensation it is not even close.

Corporate executives get lavish perks, luxury automobiles, expense accounts, personal assistants that will do all those tasks you complain about. Lavish offices

Talk about waste

Government Executives have an assistant but no personal services. No cars, no expense accounts, office furniture from the GSA catalog,

 

[Captain Caveman]

I notice you conveniently left out the fact Musk received billions in government subsidies.

And Musk has the ******* balls to criticize subsidies!

Here's the facts on those subsidies -

'Utter ignorance': Musk defends Tesla subsidies in scathing feud

Elon Musk has shared his latest insights on government subsidies for Tesla and SpaceX, as part of a conversation taking place on X over...

www.teslarati.com

 

[HikerGuy83]

Let the bloodletting begin.

 

[HikerGuy83]

MSN

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have to give agencies 'full-blown amputations,' says Meghan Lapp

CHOP CHOP CHOP

 

[JohnDB]

One of the great myths being peddled by politicians today is that we can't cut spending to balance the budget because the drivers of the deficit are all mandatory spending like entitlement programs. In other words, it's all baked into the cake, and we can't change it, so better just raise taxes!

There are two big lies here.
First, entitlement spending has not yet entered the ominous "doom loop" where it exceeds all government revenue and is growing exponentially. Now, that's not to say that entitlements are on a sustainable path - they aren't. Eventually, many of them will need to be sunset, but that is still some time away in most cases.

Article continues below at link.

 

[Crepitus]

One of my recommendations has always been to have another "Grace Commission" to study the Federal government and eliminate waste. fraud and abuse. It could also make major cost cutting recommendations like sending Welfare and Medicaid back to the States. Some changes would require legislation, others could be by Executive Orders.
The Grace Commission failed, it would have save the US from DEBT, but Congress never supported their money saving recommendations.

Trump Embracing Musk’s ‘Government Efficiency Commission’

Trump is expected to detail his plans for the commission, if elected to another term, in a speech Thursday.

www.forbes.com

Key Facts​

• The commission will be “tasked with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government” and make “recommendations for drastic reforms,” Trump said in his speech Thursday at the Economic Club of New York.
• Musk has agreed to lead the commission, Trump said—and while Musk has not commented since Trump’s speech Thursday, he has repeatedly said in the past he would be open to serving on the commission.
• The group’s first order of business, Trump said, will be formulating a plan to “totally eliminate fraud and improper payments within six months.”
• Musk has repeatedly raised the idea for such a commission, describing it as one that would ensure “taxpayers’ money . . . is spent in a good way,” and telling Trump he would be “happy to help out” during a live chat on X last month.
• Trump and his advisers have been discussing for months the formulation of a group led by business executives that would comb government spending for excess, the Washington Post reported earlier this week.
• In response to the Washington Post report, Musk wrote “can’t wait” and that there is “a lot of waste and needless regulation in government that needs to go” on X.

Musk may be conflicted and unable to divest. Even without Musk this commission needs to happen.

 

[kyzr]

One of the great myths being peddled by politicians today is that we can't cut spending to balance the budget because the drivers of the deficit are all mandatory spending like entitlement programs. In other words, it's all baked into the cake, and we can't change it, so better just raise taxes!

There are two big lies here.
First, entitlement spending has not yet entered the ominous "doom loop" where it exceeds all government revenue and is growing exponentially. Now, that's not to say that entitlements are on a sustainable path - they aren't. Eventually, many of them will need to be sunset, but that is still some time away in most cases. Article continues below at link.

Exactly right. Trump's budgets were $4T, Biden's budgets are $6.7T for no good reason.
Social Security can be fixed easily by raising the cap.
Medicare is a tougher fix.

Point being that if Elon and Vivek trim $1.7T from the Biden budget to get back to Trump's pre-Covid budget they are heroes.

 

[JohnDB]

Exactly right. Trump's budgets were $4T, Biden's budgets are $6.7T for no good reason.
Social Security can be fixed easily by raising the cap.
Medicare is a tougher fix.

Point being that if Elon and Vivek trim $1.7T from the Biden budget to get back to Trump's pre-Covid budget they are heroes.

And by cap you mean the cap on amount of money made by wealthy people who have high yearly incomes that exceed $250k/yr....who do not have to pay on the rest of their income. They do have higher income taxes at that point. Something akin to 45%. So usually theses people have investment trusts and tax shelters they invest into to keep more of their money.

 

[Moonglow]

You're not supposed to drink the bong water.

Which has nothing to do with another government bureau from the Deep State

 

[Moonglow]

Stealing Omni's advert I see. Yer askin fer a phone call.

 

[Independent thinker]

One of my recommendations has always been to have another "Grace Commission" to study the Federal government and eliminate waste. fraud and abuse. It could also make major cost cutting recommendations like sending Welfare and Medicaid back to the States. Some changes would require legislation, others could be by Executive Orders.
The Grace Commission failed, it would have save the US from DEBT, but Congress never supported their money saving recommendations.

Trump Embracing Musk’s ‘Government Efficiency Commission’

Trump is expected to detail his plans for the commission, if elected to another term, in a speech Thursday.

www.forbes.com

Key Facts​

• The commission will be “tasked with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government” and make “recommendations for drastic reforms,” Trump said in his speech Thursday at the Economic Club of New York.
• Musk has agreed to lead the commission, Trump said—and while Musk has not commented since Trump’s speech Thursday, he has repeatedly said in the past he would be open to serving on the commission.
• The group’s first order of business, Trump said, will be formulating a plan to “totally eliminate fraud and improper payments within six months.”
• Musk has repeatedly raised the idea for such a commission, describing it as one that would ensure “taxpayers’ money . . . is spent in a good way,” and telling Trump he would be “happy to help out” during a live chat on X last month.
• Trump and his advisers have been discussing for months the formulation of a group led by business executives that would comb government spending for excess, the Washington Post reported earlier this week.
• In response to the Washington Post report, Musk wrote “can’t wait” and that there is “a lot of waste and needless regulation in government that needs to go” on X.

Musk may be conflicted and unable to divest. Even without Musk this commission needs to happen.

I voted yes because you didn’t have an option for “absolutely”.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Good to see the blob nakedly admitting that if you give him enough money, you can rewrite the constitution.

Why didn’t he do it the first time?

/—-/ Where in the Constitution is there a provision for the DOE, ATF, IRS, and the bureaucrats who run them?

 

[kyzr]

And by cap you mean the cap on amount of money made by wealthy people who have high yearly incomes that exceed $250k/yr....who do not have to pay on the rest of their income. They do have higher income taxes at that point. Something akin to 45%. So usually theses people have investment trusts and tax shelters they invest into to keep more of their money.

Exactly right. IMHO raising or removing the cap fixes Social Security. They could even mandate that everyone MUST pay into SS, no exceptions like for cushy local government pension programs.
I'd even mandate that ALL INCOME must pay SS & Medicare to "fix" Medicare for the long term.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Elon Musk's "efficiency programs" made several rockets blow up, and made the CyberTruck into the worst vehicle ever produced in all of American history.

The guy is a drug-addled clown. Nobody wants him in charge of anything.

/—-/ How many rockets did NASA blow up? Ford’s EV trucks are sitting in the dealership lots collecting dust.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Exactly right. IMHO raising or removing the cap fixes Social Security. They could even mandate that everyone MUST pay into SS, no exceptions like for cushy local government pension programs.
I'd even mandate that ALL INCOME must pay SS & Medicare to "fix" Medicare for the long term.

/—-/ Give us the ability to invest our SS in the S&P 500 like some counties do.

 

[kyzr]

/—-/ Give us the ability to invest our SS in the S&P 500 like some counties do.

I understand what you are saying, but buying US Bonds with SS finances the $35T Debt, without the SS bond buying the US can't fund anything as bonds mature. Keep your 401K and be happy. If we don't fix SS soon every dollar taken in gets paid out as benefits, the days of a "SS surplus" are long gone.

 

[Cellblock2429]

I understand what you are saying, but buying US Bonds with SS finances the $35T Debt, without the SS bond buying the US can't fund anything as bonds mature. Keep your 401K and be happy. If we don't fix SS soon every dollar taken in gets paid out as benefits, the days of a "SS surplus" are long gone.

/—-/ Not bonds…. the S&P 500 index fund. If allowed when I began working in the 2970s, I have millions in my retirement account.

 

[Lisa558]

/—-/ Not bonds…. the S&P 500 index fund. If allowed when I began working in the 2970s, I have millions in my retirement account.

Are you a time traveler?