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On 2024-09-06, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
> Trump Bombs His Big Speech Debuting Elon Musk's Commission
> ...
> ...
> ...
> If you listened, though, there was some news here. Musk -- who did a
> glitchy, podcast-style interview with Trump where he bragged about
> firing employees -- has apparently agreed to head a commission that
> would root out what Trump calls government fraud and abuse. Government
> waste, particularly in the form of fraudulent spending, is in fact a
> major problem in the budget, with the Government Accountability Office
> estimating that it reaches more than $500 billion a year. (Trump's
> plan is similar to the GAO's Biden-era approach for rooting it out.)
> The Musk-led commission, if it ever happens, would supposedly save
> "trillions" of dollars over an unspecified period
>
> https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-bombs-his-big-economics-speech.html
>
> Elon is off the charts....watch out for those Alpha Males, they may
> have grandiose ideas.

He's not Alpha, he's a Douchenozzle.

I look forward to the committee on wastefulness being headed by a dude
who bought a website valued at billions and promptly (within a year)
caused it to be worth a quarter of its previous value.  Loser.