[dales529]

Nothing wrong with discussion and some good points made. I can only speak for myself and never questioned Elon's intelligence or his success or contributions to the better good. Not sure his very successful business model works for a society as a whole.

I give him credit for using taxpayer dollars as available to add to his business, any good businessman / women would. Not convinced on his tax structure / payments back, his workers yes pay taxes , him ??

Bring your Kid to work day in the oval office and make Trump smaller than him. As stated this bromance will be over soon. Trump going to side with him on wind and electric cars / energy? yeah sure.

Having said that tired of the hypocrisy / Kool aid references as the wasted spending in our Government is across both aisles for years on end yet the minions complain about each other rather than the failed governments from both parties for the last 50 years minimum.

While the intention of DOGE has some merit and is long overdue but what you are really seeing is potential cuts to the core services that a society with government overreach needs to survive as a whole for all the people. We are behind in education, the arts and sciences and health care but these are the targets LOL. Get out of NATO, WHO, control what the CDC can report, cut the Kennedy Center and take control of what it is, cut infrastucture in the USA.

Why not start with exposing the waste in congressional perks (both sides), salaries, unlimited health care, lobbying and campaign finance rules and congress manipulation of stocks in regular citizens 401K and investments that they control through policy based on their own investments. Its supposed to be a free service and honor to represent your country per the founding fathers not a billionaire club.

Yes add in cuts for non essential foreign aid ( not sure the condom thing is even real or Fema luxury hotel bs as neither has evidence) and cut the insane defense contracts waste / price gouging. But instead cut FEMA for disasters in states of the USA because they aren't aligned or didn't vote for you.

Let your son in law rebuild Gaza into a luxury resort / Put in the same tariffs that failed miserably the last term etc.

Guess we have different definitions of " drain the swamp"