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DOGE: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by okeechobee, Nov 12, 2024.

  1. 92gator

    92gator GC Hall of Fame

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    See my post above.

    Takes a barber to trim hair, a lawn crew to remove weeds, a surgeon to ampute dead limbs or remove tumors...
     
  2. 92gator

    92gator GC Hall of Fame

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    You would have had to block a lot more for the very same reason during those 20 years, if your takes were right of center.
     
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  3. wgbgator

    wgbgator Premium Member

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    I guess conservatives are all out of ideas on how to cut spending for real, why not a meme agency headed by a guy with extensive government contracts enriching his company? I'm sure he'll start there, right?
     
  4. mdgator05

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    You know who ran an efficient government? Tammany Hall!
     
  5. 92gator

    92gator GC Hall of Fame

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    I don't see the problem. A tad ironic, perhaps, but if you're going to establish ANY new government agency, I can not think of a better, more apropos, more needed one, than one to target crap govt spending, and have it run by someone who signs checks and balances books in the private sector.

    Because look at what your govmt goobers do with money:

    https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-cul...ampaign-cancel-alanis-morissette-due-low-cash

    LMAO! Holy @$*^#$ incompetence...
     
  6. wgbgator

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    If we are going to bring back patronage, you could do worse than use it for public works and community improvement rather than dismantling any sort of effective governance on behalf of plutocrats.
     
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  7. wgbgator

    wgbgator Premium Member

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    This isn't a new government agency (you actually have to pass laws to do that), its basically just the "czar" thing with a meme name
     
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  8. mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

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    Sadly, you are probably right.
     
  9. 92gator

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    ...with the power of the office of the POTUS behind it, which in turn, has the backing of both leg bodies...

    Shitty day for the commies.

    LMAO!
     
  10. channingcrowderhungry

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    The neg rep doesn't bother me at all. Never cared about that stuff. Only annoyed me because it was a poster I've literally never interacted with and he/she disliked every post I put up. It was just annoying to see the notifications.
     
  11. wgbgator

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    Well, then I expect all their recommendations (assuming they actually do anything) to be acted on ... we'll see how that goes. Lets see what wins, government efficiency and decreased spending, or hand outs to donors in the form of tax cuts and other goodies.
     
  12. tilly

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    Well played. Literally sounds like part of the skit. :D
     
  13. channingcrowderhungry

    channingcrowderhungry Premium Member

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    Ya'll talking about Tesla subsidies are missing the much meatier realization that SpaceX solely exists because of government spending. Let's see Musk go after NASA's budget....
     
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  14. G8trGr8t

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    how do you think they named the department.

    musk owns tons of doge..go figure
     
  15. mdgator05

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    Maybe he can institute a Russian-style privatization of NASA, where he can be the only bidder on their assets. Efficiency!
     
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  16. G8trGr8t

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    and the FAA for loser regulations, and the EPA for less regulation so he can destroy as much habitat as he wants. The man has no respect for rules or laws and is going to continue to ignore them all, just this time he won't have to factor in a cost to do so. SpaceX will own Cape Canaveral before this is done
     
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  17. G8trGr8t

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    they are going to be very efficient at lining their pockets, punishing their enemies, and rewarding their friends. the rest, well, priorities..
     
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  18. G8trGr8t

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    people don't realize how big Chevron decision was and how much it is going to clog up everything as we wait on congress to tell us the rule when the temp is above 80, humidity below 70, wind out of the southwest under 6 mph, and moon in the waning phases. there is no way that congress can write any law to cover every condition that has to be considered and applied administratively. everything is going to end up in the courts and that will grind the economy to a halt..seeds have bene planted, harvest time on the horizon
     
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  19. gator95

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    Yeah, let's give the SpaceX contract to Boeing because they've been reliable, right?
     
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    Lol... your commie friends lost and that is so sweet.
     
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