Yeah, let's run the country with no revenue. That will cut the deficit to zero in no time!bear2034 said:DiabloWags said:
Cant wait for Trump and Vice President FUsk to start cutting staff at the Social Security Administration, where staffing is already operating at a 50 year low.
Come on DOGE!
Start making drastic cuts to Social Security staff so 72 MILLION American's wont get their monthly checks on time.
Let's Goooooooooooooo!!!Soon. pic.twitter.com/09I4inc5tP
— Mostly Peaceful Memes (@MostlyPeacefull) February 20, 2025
Discussion on Musk's DoGE ideas, the federal deficit, and GDP
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movielover said:
P.S. Maybe folks like you are also worried DOGE will refund 20% of DOGE savings to citizens? Let's say DOGE cuts $400 Billion, and there are 150 million taxpayers, each person would get a check for $533? Might help the GOP in the midterms.
Youre hysterical.
You live in a FANTASY WORLD.
No taxpayer is going to get any DOGE "savings" given that the country is $36 Trillion in debt.
DiabloWags said:movielover said:
P.S. Maybe folks like you are also worried DOGE will refund 20% of DOGE savings to citizens? Let's say DOGE cuts $400 Billion, and there are 150 million taxpayers, each person would get a check for $533? Might help the GOP in the midterms.
Youre hysterical.
You live in a FANTASY WORLD.
No taxpayer is going to get any DOGE "savings" given that the country is $36 Trillion in debt.
No. Your wrong. We're all getting checks - WITH TRUMP'S SIGNATURE!!!!!!! (ohmygodsocool!!!!!) - for $125! To spend on hillbilly meth or maybe buy more ammo for all our guns! MAGA!
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." -- (maybe) Benjamin Disraeli, popularized by Mark Twain
tequila4kapp said:Since it's such a piddly reduction does that mean you are only offended by the manner in which the cuts are being made, and not the cuts themselves?DiabloWags said:movielover said:
I believe his goal is $1 Trillion.
$1 Trillion.
The National Debt is $36 Trillion.
That's a cut of a whole 2.77%
You've been duped again.
Shocker.
The DOGE cuts are nothing but a "side-show".
Federal Spending | U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data
DOGE, and by extension, Elno's de facto authority as token PM, or whatever unelected bureaucrat title they want to give him, is all just bread and circuses for the MAGA cult members.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." -- (maybe) Benjamin Disraeli, popularized by Mark Twain
AunBear89 said:
DOGE, and by extension, Elno's de facto authority as token PM, or whatever unelected bureaucrat title they want to give him, is all just bread and circuses g for the MAGA cult members.
When you see a guy here on this message board actually think that the taxpayer could be getting checks back in the mail for $533 - - - it really makes one wonder what kind of "meds" they are on or if they are just that terribly ignorant and/or NAIVE.
It's hard to fathom that some of these people posting here that consistently drink the Orange Kool-Aid actually went to college, let alone a place like Cal.
lol
Anarchistbear said:
If you really believed the DOGE bull**** then 100% of the "savings" should be returned to taxpayers not returned to the government where it will be used to offset another trillion or so of tax cuts. This is just a libertarian hit job on enemies.
Liberals have shown zero interest in wanting the money returned. They kind of want the government to spend and abuse it.
GOD BLESS AMERICA pic.twitter.com/Fa581t0GGt
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) February 22, 2025
Hopefully, Kash will get rid of Biden's Stasi and their supporting staff.
I'm sure I can come up with a 100 pages or so about what I did last week. They can put it with the 2,000,000+ other reports that'll never get read by the 100 or so people on the DOGE team. What a waste of government workers time.
Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2025
Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.
🚨 TRUMP: “I signed an order creating a Department of Government Efficiency. I’m not sure you’ve heard of it. Elon is doing a great job. We love Elon, don’t we? He’s a character. He’s the only one who can get away with naming his son, X.” 😂 💀 pic.twitter.com/MDrKPCSP86
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) February 22, 2025
Trump at CPAC today.
This is F'ing ridiculous.Eastern Oregon Bear said:
I'm sure I can come up with a 100 pages or so about what I did last week. They can put it with the 2,000,000+ other reports that'll never get read by the 100 or so people on the DOGE team. What a waste of government workers time.Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2025
Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.
Agreed, but I've received the email, so I'll have set aside some time to deal with it Monday. They were smart enough to ask for a few bullet points (no long replies), no classified information and dropped the bit about a failure to reply = resignation.tequila4kapp said:This is F'ing ridiculous.Eastern Oregon Bear said:
I'm sure I can come up with a 100 pages or so about what I did last week. They can put it with the 2,000,000+ other reports that'll never get read by the 100 or so people on the DOGE team. What a waste of government workers time.Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2025
Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.
They are just yanking our chain again because they can. I'm debating whether I should translate it into Swahili before submitting it.
376,000 Tesla's being recalled for powering steering failure.
MAGA!!!
MAGA!!!
🤷♂️ 😂 pic.twitter.com/n5amwRlWIJ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2025
Eastern Oregon Bear said:Agreed, but I've received the email, so I'll have set aside some time to deal with it Monday. They were smart enough to ask for a few bullet points (no long replies), no classified information and dropped the bit about a failure to reply = resignation.tequila4kapp said:This is F'ing ridiculous.Eastern Oregon Bear said:
I'm sure I can come up with a 100 pages or so about what I did last week. They can put it with the 2,000,000+ other reports that'll never get read by the 100 or so people on the DOGE team. What a waste of government workers time.Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2025
Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.
They are just yanking our chain again because they can. I'm debating whether I should translate it into Swahili before submitting it.
What version of the email did you get?
Which Government accountability email did you get? They're like Pokemon cards. They say the Cheungs are super rare. 💀 pic.twitter.com/upf5kuEFol
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) February 23, 2025
bear2034 said:🚨 TRUMP: “I signed an order creating a Department of Government Efficiency. I’m not sure you’ve heard of it. Elon is doing a great job. We love Elon, don’t we? He’s a character. He’s the only one who can get away with naming his son, X.” 😂 💀 pic.twitter.com/MDrKPCSP86
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) February 22, 2025
Trump at CPAC today.
LOOOOOOL!! DEAD!!!!!!
Eastern Oregon Bear said:
I'm sure I can come up with a 100 pages or so about what I did last week. They can put it with the 2,000,000+ other reports that'll never get read by the 100 or so people on the DOGE team. What a waste of government workers time.Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2025
Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.
I'd keep a list and have ChatGPT do it.
I am reminded of the scene from Office Space.Eastern Oregon Bear said:Agreed, but I've received the email, so I'll have set aside some time to deal with it Monday. They were smart enough to ask for a few bullet points (no long replies), no classified information and dropped the bit about a failure to reply = resignation.tequila4kapp said:This is F'ing ridiculous.Eastern Oregon Bear said:
I'm sure I can come up with a 100 pages or so about what I did last week. They can put it with the 2,000,000+ other reports that'll never get read by the 100 or so people on the DOGE team. What a waste of government workers time.Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2025
Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.
They are just yanking our chain again because they can. I'm debating whether I should translate it into Swahili before submitting it.
No way they can review 2.1 million (or whatever the number of employees is) of these responses in short order. But not a good time to be a middle manager that is in meetings and managing staff. Also not a good idea to take this flippantly. Reply on time, how they say and with specifics.
Middle managers and non-responders are in trouble - they make very easy targets.
It looks like they just want 5 bullet points. No one is going to read them all, it'll just be scanned by software.Eastern Oregon Bear said:
I'm sure I can come up with a 100 pages or so about what I did last week. They can put it with the 2,000,000+ other reports that'll never get read by the 100 or so people on the DOGE team. What a waste of government workers time.
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— Tritone substitute teacher (@3ToneSub) February 22, 2025
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tequila4kapp said:
This is F'ing ridiculous.
If Elon sent out a mass email to the Federal Government with a picture of the Kash eyes and “What did you get done this week?” there would be a 95% reduction in staff by Monday night. pic.twitter.com/dj5ADtxtDH
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) February 22, 2025
Oh, I made jokes about 100 pages in Swahili but I'll submit 5 bullet points as requested pending further guidance by my bosses. I just want to work a few more years before retiring and I don't want to job hunt in an environment full of similarly skilled people that have also been deemed to not fit staffing priorities. This email is not a hill I'm going take a stand on. Besides, my bullets are really good for last week.tequila4kapp said:I am reminded of the scene from Office Space.Eastern Oregon Bear said:Agreed, but I've received the email, so I'll have set aside some time to deal with it Monday. They were smart enough to ask for a few bullet points (no long replies), no classified information and dropped the bit about a failure to reply = resignation.tequila4kapp said:This is F'ing ridiculous.Eastern Oregon Bear said:
I'm sure I can come up with a 100 pages or so about what I did last week. They can put it with the 2,000,000+ other reports that'll never get read by the 100 or so people on the DOGE team. What a waste of government workers time.Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2025
Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.
They are just yanking our chain again because they can. I'm debating whether I should translate it into Swahili before submitting it.
No way they can review 2.1 million (or whatever the number of employees is) of these responses in short order. But not a good time to be a middle manager that is in meetings and managing staff. Also not a good idea to take this flippantly. Reply on time, how they say and with specifics.
Middle managers and non-responders are in trouble - they make very easy targets.
My middle manager has looked at the environment and that the proposed budget in Congress will cut retirement benefits by 5-10% and decided to get out now. So, he's retiring at the end of March.
I already keep a list of my accomplishments that I update monthly. My boss asks for it when doing my performance evaluation every 6 months. Since they want a few bullet points, I'll just do it myself. I haven't used AI enough to trust what my input might generate.Haloski said:Eastern Oregon Bear said:
I'm sure I can come up with a 100 pages or so about what I did last week. They can put it with the 2,000,000+ other reports that'll never get read by the 100 or so people on the DOGE team. What a waste of government workers time.Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2025
Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.
I'd keep a list and have ChatGPT do it.
The idea is to keep it short and with 5-or-less bullet points in the unlikely event that Trump asks to read one or two. Personally, if I had to do this, I would be sure to include the word "Country" (yes, with that upper-case "C"): Maybe Trump reads mine, is super-impressed with my writing skills, and pretty soon I'm heading up half the government.
Elon only named his kid X because with the genes the kid inherited, signing a real name would be difficult.Haloski said:bear2034 said:🚨 TRUMP: “I signed an order creating a Department of Government Efficiency. I’m not sure you’ve heard of it. Elon is doing a great job. We love Elon, don’t we? He’s a character. He’s the only one who can get away with naming his son, X.” 😂 💀 pic.twitter.com/MDrKPCSP86
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) February 22, 2025
Trump at CPAC today.
LOOOOOOL!! DEAD!!!!!!
The Civil War begins. Cash Patel just basically told Musk to go f@uck himself:
*This makes me think Patel is not insane.
*This makes me think Patel is not insane.
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Eastern Oregon Bear said:Elon only named his kid X because with the genes the kid inherited, signing a real name would be difficult.Haloski said:bear2034 said:🚨 TRUMP: “I signed an order creating a Department of Government Efficiency. I’m not sure you’ve heard of it. Elon is doing a great job. We love Elon, don’t we? He’s a character. He’s the only one who can get away with naming his son, X.” 😂 💀 pic.twitter.com/MDrKPCSP86
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) February 22, 2025
Trump at CPAC today.
LOOOOOOL!! DEAD!!!!!!
He has the genes to run billion dollar tech companies but wouldn't be able to sign his name? Yeah, right.
DiabloWags said:
376,000 Tesla's being recalled for powering steering failure.
MAGA!!!
Recalls are quite common, especially larger recalls of top selling vehicles. Treating a recall like it is some Tesla only thing is absurd.
https://www.google.com/search?q=f150+recall&oq=f150+recall&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyCQgAEEUYORiABDIHCAEQABiABDIHCAIQABiABDIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIHCAcQABiABDIHCAgQABiABDIHCAkQABiABDIHCAoQABiABDIHCAsQABiABDIHCAwQABiABDIHCA0QABiABDIHCA4QABiABNIBCDM2NzJqMGo3qAIUsAIB8QWP0BeVvWuEiw&client=ms-android-google&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
I guess you havent noticed that Tesla has had more than their share of RECALLS.
Given your knowledge base when it comes to gasoline, I'm not all that confident in you being a "car" guy.
Tesla had 15 recalls in 2024, affecting more than 5.1 million vehicles, notes Carscoops. This makes Tesla the most recalled auto brand in 2024, surpassing Ford.
Given your knowledge base when it comes to gasoline, I'm not all that confident in you being a "car" guy.
Tesla had 15 recalls in 2024, affecting more than 5.1 million vehicles, notes Carscoops. This makes Tesla the most recalled auto brand in 2024, surpassing Ford.
DiabloWags said:
I guess you havent noticed that Tesla has had more than their share of RECALLS.
Given your knowledge base when it comes to gasoline, I'm not all that confident in you being a "car" guy.
Tesla had 15 recalls in 2024, affecting more than 5.1 million vehicles, notes Carscoops. This makes Tesla the most recalled auto brand in 2024, surpassing Ford.
Your reply is irrelevant to my comment, and your personal attack is childish. As for your new contention that they are recalled more than other brands, it is for minor things that are fixed by over the air updates. Owners don't even have to take their cars in at all. Most aren't even aware of these and they are fixed automatically.
Nearly half the Tesla recalls are for a font size:
"The largest [Tesla] recall affected 2,193,869 cars for an incorrect font size on warning lights."
You aren't objective at all.
DiabloWags said:
TLDR
https://www.motor1.com/features/745854/most-car-recalls-2024-list-tesla/
Thank you for unknowingly confirming what I wrote.
oski003 said:DiabloWags said:
TLDR
https://www.motor1.com/features/745854/most-car-recalls-2024-list-tesla/
Thank you for unknowingly confirming what I wrote.
I guess I missed the part where you mentioned that:
The printed circuit board for the electronic power steering assist may become overstressed, causing a loss of power steering assist when the vehicle reaches a stop and then accelerates again, the agency said.
The loss of power could require more effort to control the car by drivers, particularly at low speeds, increasing the risk of a crash.
Oh wait.
You never bothered to mention it because it didn't support your false narrative.
BOOM!
DiabloWags said:oski003 said:DiabloWags said:
TLDR
https://www.motor1.com/features/745854/most-car-recalls-2024-list-tesla/
Thank you for unknowingly confirming what I wrote.
I guess I missed the part where you mentioned that:
The printed circuit board for the electronic power steering assist may become overstressed, causing a loss of power steering assist when the vehicle reaches a stop and then accelerates again, the agency said.
The loss of power could require more effort to control the car by drivers, particularly at low speeds, increasing the risk of a crash.
Oh wait.
You never bothered to mention it because it didn't support your false narrative.
BOOM!
You already mentioned that above. You aren't doing well here.
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