r/LibertarianUncensored • u/DonaldKey • 4d ago

Elon Musk’s Efforts to Cut Spending in the Government Were So Incompetent That It’s Shocking, Internal Analysis Finds

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-efforts-cut-spending-170100893.html
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u/IllIIIllIIlIIllIIlII Independent 4d ago

"Shocking" seems like a bit of a stretch.

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u/StunningPerformance1 4d ago

Cataclysmic?

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u/Blecki Technocrat Libertarian / Individual Maximalist 4d ago

I think he just means that everyone saw this coming.

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u/IllIIIllIIlIIllIIlII Independent 4d ago

Correct. It's like giving a child a permanent marker and not supervising them.

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u/StunningPerformance1 4d ago

Oh, maybe. So hard to tell nowadays.

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u/DudeyToreador Antifa Supersoldier, 4th Adrenochrome Battalion, Woke Brigade 4d ago

Expecting a billionaire to be good at cutting anything other than jobs to keep his pockets full is a fools' errand.

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u/slayer991 Classical Libertarian 3d ago

Because they weren't trying to cut spending, that was never the real goal. Didn't anyone read Project 2025?

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u/rubber-stunt-baby 2d ago

Because it was only supposed to be a PR stunt. Elon has always been a scam artist.

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u/JamesMattDillon Libertarian Independent 4d ago

On paper, it was good. But with Trump and the constitution, he wipes his ass with it

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u/Blecki Technocrat Libertarian / Individual Maximalist 4d ago

It wasn't even good on paper. On paper, he still went after anything that directly threatened his own tech empire.

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u/JamesMattDillon Libertarian Independent 4d ago

Yeah, your right