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Subject: Re: Elon Musk's Commission
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 09:33:18 -0600
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[This followup was posted to misc.news.internet.discuss and a copy was 
sent to the cited author.]

In article <66e506ee$9$15$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>, 
fungus@amongus.com.invalid says...
> 
> 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.

and you don't own shit