The Bigotry of Elon Musk

[Bawse Dawg]

Aside from the ad hominem attacks on those performing the audit, what evidence do you have the audit is being "carried out terribly"?

What evidence do you have that they are doing a good job?

DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress

Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15 percent of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork.

www.nytimes.com

So weird that Musk provides updates when he is so far removed from what is happening at DOGE.

Do you believe this?

https://doge-tracker.com/

If so, do you expect they’ll be sending out checks to each taxpayer for the amount stated on that website once they are ‘finished’? If not, what do you expect them to do with all those savings?

 

[Bawse Dawg]

And what were my ad hominem attacks on these ‘wunderkinds’ at DOGE? I don’t see any in that post you’re quoting.

Just that they aren’t impartial? Cmon man…

 

[Al-O-Meter]

What evidence do you have that they are doing a good job?

That they are finding issues and are introducing accounting practices that all business entities across the United States have been forced to comply with for decades.

I doubt they'll find the amount they promised at the start and I hope they don't. I want to believe there wasn't as much fraud, waste, and abuse as they were initially believing, but I want them to keep looking and find as much as they are able.

As for the refund checks, I hope not. It was inflationary when Biden did it, and it would be inflationary if Trump did it. Find the fraud, waste, and abuse. Put a stop to it. Institute changes that will make future efforts to find fraud, waste, and abuse easier. That is all I want.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Institute changes that will make future efforts to find fraud, waste, and abuse easier. That is all I want.

So there has got to be some kind of inventory, or running list detailing what they are finding how they are going to get rid of waste, improve efficiency etc. right?

Just haphazardly taking a blowtorch to the federal budget with no oversight isn’t something anyone would be a fan of. They need to be accountable, efficient, with great record keeping so they can properly show us all the wonders they are doing for our country. Can you provide any kind of list or link like that to help assuage my fears?

 

[fishonjazz]

I don’t think that even you really believe this.

More importantly, why use a decoy? In the example given the decoy was used so others could get away with crimes (drunk driving)
So musk is the decoy so that this other person can get away with crimes? Interesting....

 

[Al-O-Meter]

So there has got to be some kind of inventory, or running list detailing what they are finding how they are going to get rid of waste, improve efficiency etc. right?

Just haphazardly taking a blowtorch to the federal budget with no oversight isn’t something anyone would be a fan of. They need to be accountable, efficient, with great record keeping so they can properly show us all the wonders they are doing for our country. Can you provide any kind of list or link like that to help assuage my fears?

I don't know if you've been through an audit, but that isn't how they work. Auditors aren't required to post all findings on a public list updated in real time as issues are found. Sometimes they do give updates, but usually all findings are presented at the conclusion of the audit.

 

[Al-O-Meter]

More importantly, why use a decoy? In the example given the decoy was used so others could get away with crimes (drunk driving)
So musk is the decoy so that this other person can get away with crimes? Interesting....

The game they are hunting is extremely powerful. Musk is one of the few people on the planet who can stand up to them. He doesn't need money. He doesn't need to win reelection. Musk is standing in the breach to protect the auditors and administrators from those powerful people who would endeavor to protect their steams of money from being cut off.

 

[Eminence]

'This powerful person couldn't possibly want more power' continues to be the single dumbest take pushed by the mainstream media and the dingdongs that parrot them.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

I don't know if you've been through an audit, but that isn't how they work. Auditors aren't required to post all findings on a public list updated in real time as issues are found. Sometimes they do give updates, but usually all findings are presented at the conclusion of the audit.

Well this is obviously a totally normal run of the mill audit that is no different from any other audit, so I guess that’s a fair point.

Somehow I don’t think you’d be okay with the previous administration doing the exact same kind of audit with nothing other than ‘trust me bro’ as oversight, despite wanting this audit for years. I wonder why that is.

Musk is standing in the breach to protect the auditors and administrators from those powerful people who would endeavor to protect their steams of money from being cut off.

Continues to be baffling that people are exposed to who and what Elon Musk is, and then proceed to simp at this level for him.

 

[Al-O-Meter]

Somehow I don’t think you’d be okay with the previous administration doing the exact same kind of audit with nothing other than ‘trust me bro’ as oversight, despite wanting this audit for years. I wonder why that is.

You wonder why the imaginary me in your hypothetical situation didn't harbor adequate feelings of trust? I'm guessing it is because you conjured it in your imagination that way.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

You wonder why the imaginary me in your hypothetical situation didn't harbor adequate feelings of trust? I'm guessing it is because you conjured it in your imagination that way.

It was rhetorical, I know exactly why.

 

[Fosto]

'This powerful person couldn't possibly want more power' continues to be the single dumbest take pushed by the mainstream media and the dingdongs that parrot them.

One of the funniest things about conservatives is the belief that the mainstream media, which is owned by a few billionaires, many of whom are straight up neo-Nazis (like the Murdochs), is leftist.

There is no greater demonstration of their ignorance and the bubble they live in than when they flippantly mock people for "falling for CNN's lies". As if that's the bastion of progressive thought, and not just another conglomerate that gives Trump and other fascists a platform to spout their trash.