Discussion on Musk's DoGE ideas, the federal deficit, and GDP

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Haloski
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4:59p, 6/3/25
It's important to note that Elon wasn't the one who floated that.

It's also important to note that anybody who is splitting hairs like that is a giant, and useful, idiot.
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In reply to DiabloWags • 5:39p, 6/3/25
DiabloWags said:
You have repeated this over and over again because you are woefully ignorant and misinformed.

This is arguably the second best display of Dunning Kruger cognitive bias I have seen on this board.
Have you considered getting a clue? SAD.

With Elon Musk leaving DOGE, what does that mean for dividend checks?


On Feb. 19, President Donald Trump said he would consider the plan to pay out $5,000 stimulus checks to taxpayers in the form of a 'DOGE dividend' during a summit in Miami. He explained it as using part of the 20% of the savings identified by Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and giving it back to taxpayers.


Wait, the president considering $5,000 rebate checks that somebody, not Musk, pondered is the same as Musk promising $5,000? Seriously?

This may now arguably be the best display of Dunning Kruger cognitive bias I have seen on this board. SAD.

DUH.
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In reply to oski003 • 6:00p, 6/3/25
You're just not very bright.
You're also extremely lazy.

And of course, you didn't even bother to read the article because your reading comprehension is so poor.
Typical Oski.

The $5,000 was based on what Musk initially thought could be achieved if there were $2 Trillion in spending cuts.
DUH.

Once again, you are a terrific example of Dunning-Kruger in full effect.
You prove that every day here.

Congrats again!

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In reply to DiabloWags • 6:07p, 6/3/25
DiabloWags said:
You're just not very bright.
You're also extremely lazy.

And of course, you didn't even bother to read the article because your reading comprehension is so poor.
Typical Oski.

The $5,000 was based on what Musk initially thought could be achieved if there were $2 Trillion in spending cuts.
DUH.

Once again, you are a terrific example of Dunning-Kruger in full effect.
You prove that every day here.

Congrats again!



Musk did not promise a $5,000 rebate check.

You're just not very bright.
You're also extremely arrogant and lazy.

Once again, you are a terrific example of Dunning-Kruger in full effect.
You prove that every day here.
Congrats again!
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7:13p, 6/3/25
It's only June and Elon Musk has joined the Resistance

https://bsky.app/profile/dennycarter.bsky.social/post/3lqqgr65ajc2u
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In reply to dajo9 • 7:37p, 6/3/25
dajo9 said:
It's only June and Elon Musk has joined the Resistance

https://bsky.app/profile/dennycarter.bsky.social/post/3lqqgr65ajc2u


Does this mean your homies are going to stop setting teslas and Tesla distribution centers on fire?
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In reply to oski003 • 4:01p, 6/5/25
I am sure we can count on your homies and the rest of the cult to pick up the slack.
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In reply to Haloski • 4:02p, 6/5/25
Haloski said:
It's important to note that Elon wasn't the one who floated that.

It's also important to note that anybody who is splitting hairs like that is a giant, and useful, idiot.
This kind of hair splitting is oski003's signature move. He thinks it makes him look smart, or something…
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I never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally Conservative.
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In reply to Muckieeye • 4:14p, 6/5/25
Muckieeye said:
Haloski said:
It's important to note that Elon wasn't the one who floated that.

It's also important to note that anybody who is splitting hairs like that is a giant, and useful, idiot.
This kind of hair splitting is oski003's signature move. He thinks it makes him look smart, or something…


It makes me look correct. I base my judgements on issues and facts, not hatred and bias.
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In reply to oski003 • 4:35p, 6/5/25
That's a very inflated image you present of yourself. I see a majority of your posts in this vein to be either quibbles over semantics or you demanding linguistic precision.

If you feel that being a pedant on a message board is a flex of some kind, I guess that is a you thing.
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In reply to oski003 • 4:40p, 6/5/25
oski003 said:
Muckieeye said:
Haloski said:
It's important to note that Elon wasn't the one who floated that.

It's also important to note that anybody who is splitting hairs like that is a giant, and useful, idiot.
This kind of hair splitting is oski003's signature move. He thinks it makes him look smart, or something…


It makes me look correct. I base my judgements on issues and facts, not hatred and bias.


Their POLICIES fail over and over, so they have to rely on emotion and deception.

Big spending led to record inflation.

Open borders led to chaos and record housing inflation.

Green energy led to more inflation.

DEI led to lower results, incompetence and deaths.

Insulting 50-65% of Americans as nazi's and deplorables has led to ballot box failures.

Latinos aren't throwing down for trans surgeries, communism and atheism. They're fundamentally Conservative.
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In reply to Muckieeye • 4:40p, 6/5/25
Muckieeye said:
Haloski said:
It's important to note that Elon wasn't the one who floated that.

It's also important to note that anybody who is splitting hairs like that is a giant, and useful, idiot.
This kind of hair splitting is oski003's signature move. He thinks it makes him look smart, or something…

He was one of those kids that sat waaaaaaaaaaaaay in the back.



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7:05a, 6/7/25
The Washington Post reported Friday: "Across the government, the Trump administration is scrambling to rehire many federal employees dismissed under DOGE's staff-slashing initiatives after wiping out entire offices, in some cases imperiling key services such as weather forecasting and the drug approval process."
-Maureen Dowd
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In reply to bearister • 7:53a, 6/7/25
bearister said:
The Washington Post reported Friday: "Across the government, the Trump administration is scrambling to rehire many federal employees dismissed under DOGE's staff-slashing initiatives after wiping out entire offices, in some cases imperiling key services such as weather forecasting and the drug approval process."
-Maureen Dowd


**** Maureen Dowd. Her writing in 2000 did extreme long lasting damage to this country.
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In reply to dajo9 • 7:57a, 6/7/25
I'm not promoting her. I simply provided a quote attribution.

Her personal hard on against HRC always amused me. There must have been a slight at a cocktail party along the way.
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In reply to bearister • 8:41a, 6/7/25
The Federal government is bloated, then Biden added another 300,000 bodies?

Adjust where needed.

US Institute of Peace (USIP) - CIA? - had pallets of cash, guns on hand, and a director deleted terabytes of information - which DOGE recovered

USAID = CIA?

State Department = 20%, 30%, 40% CIA?
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In reply to bear2034 • 10:39a, 6/14/25
bear2034 said:
Yeah it was disgusting how they patted themselves on the back for cutting a measly 9 billion.
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In reply to MinotStateBeav • 10:46a, 6/14/25
House Speaker Mike Johnson is a fraud.
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In reply to DiabloWags • 10:54a, 6/14/25
DiabloWags said:
House Speaker Mike Johnson is a fraud.
No argument from me, he's always been a fraud and never should have been voted leader but unfortunately the MAGA wing conservatives don't have the votes in the house or senate so we're stuck with these uniparty shills who's priority is defense contractor spending.
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In reply to MinotStateBeav • 10:55a, 6/14/25
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bear2034 said:
Yeah it was disgusting how they patted themselves on the back for cutting a measly 9 billion.


It's allegedly a test run for more, there are 2-3 paths they can take to trim the hopeful first phase - $200 Billion in waste.
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In reply to movielover • 11:01a, 6/14/25
movielover said:
MinotStateBeav said:
bear2034 said:
Yeah it was disgusting how they patted themselves on the back for cutting a measly 9 billion.


It's allegedly a test run for more, there are 2-3 paths they can take to trim the hopeful first phase - $200 Billion in waste.
We'll see. The amount of vacation time this congress has taken is a joke, I'm not hopeful they are going to accomplish much. If they do, maybe I'll change my mind, but they have started off like cutting spending is an annoyance to them right now.
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In reply to MinotStateBeav • 11:03a, 6/14/25
MinotStateBeav said:
. . . but they have started off like cutting spending is an annoyance to them right now.


True.

And at the end of the day, the Bond Market will hold them accountable. Rising yields due to endless supply of debt is not how you grow the econony.

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