Comment by JumpCrisscross

Comment by JumpCrisscross a day ago

> Everything about DOGE and their mission has a fundamental deep misunderstanding of why governments with their own currency must have deficits

DOGE has nothing to do with deficits, they're not even bothering to count it properly [1]. DOGE will remake the federal government for Musk's benefit. That's why he's using cannon-fodder DOGE bros instead of his best and brightest. That's why the collateral damage isn't of principal concern, and why they're moving quickly: they need to finish their work before checks and balances start swinging.

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/upshot/doge-contracts-mus...

2OEH8eoCRo0 a day ago

What does he think will happen after four years? Trump is old and can escape accountability by dying but most of these toadies are middle-aged.

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JumpCrisscross a day ago

> What does he think will happen after four years?
Musk will honestly probably be fine. These kids will get hammered, as they should, at the very least with a decade+ of litigation and possibly prosecution.
The only consequences that might last will hit Tesla in the form of tariffs and bans. But he seems to be fine raiding Tesla as a piggy bank to fund his ambitions on Mars and in politics.

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