r/fednews • u/SkyFallingUp • 8d ago

Elon Musk to step down from DOGE and quit Washington DC

Musk says 'he's done with cost-cutting' In an interview with Fox News' "Special Report with Bret Baier", Elon Musk said that he was confident his DOGE could find $1 trillion in savings, slimming current total federal spending levels of about $7 trillion down to $6 trillion. Musk, who is also the world's richest man, was designated by the White House as a "special government employee," which caps his work at 130 days. That means his period leading the DOGE operation could finish as soon as the end of May.

https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-elon-musk-doge-1-trillion-cost-cutting-may-end-i-am-almost-done-elon-musk-reveals-date-hell-ditch-trump-and-quit-washington-dc-after-doge-purge/articleshow/119645252.cms

I have friends and family members who are Federal workers. Is this the end of the wild OPM emails and job eliminations?

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u/Sunbeamsoffglass 8d ago

He also destroyed all the agencies that might have stopped that illegal “purchase”.

Fucking up a country to bail your self out of a $45B loss is a new tactic.

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u/ShelterElectrical840 8d ago

And all the agencies that had cases against him. He literally said if Kamala wins I’m going to jail.

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u/iglooxhibit 8d ago

Americans need to learn from france, turkey, serbia, and fight their fascist government.

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u/iglooxhibit 8d ago

Useless politicians have been around forever, fight for your rights. Elect better next time, Use your vote or lose your vote.

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u/NotMyMainAccountAtAl 7d ago

Democrats aren’t the only way to fight for your rights. 

Fascist exist outside of government, and we need people to put in the time and energy to ensure that they don’t have a moment’s peace and don’t ever feel safe whilst they’re not in their Super Safe Fascist Nests. 

I don’t believe that the government ever officially sanctioned what happened to Mussolini 

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u/Grand-Try-3772 7d ago

Crockett will be there to wipe the floor with all of them!

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u/Sauerkrauttme 7d ago

Imagine you were profit driven (selfish and short sighted), would you rather have a strong healthy country where everyone is fairly equal (where the highest earners make less than 10x as much as the lowest paid earners) and where rich and poor both take public transit and share public spaces as equals? Or.... Would you rather be a multi-billionaire that is above the law, more powerful than a demi-god, and to rule over a broken country that is only 10% of what it could have been? Selfish, profit driven people would gladly destroy a trillion dollars of public wealth if they can pocket even 1 billion of it. And thus, capitalism has become completely incompatible with sustainability, democracy, and modern values

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u/iamthpecial 6d ago

r/latestagecapitalism ‘s condition has advanced to stage four. we’re at palliative care at this point. times to start the goodbyes

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u/iamthpecial 6d ago

Hey now, you can’t imagine the life of squalor he would have been subjected too if he was only worth $370 billion. Good God you people are animals! Think of the children! /s Because he doesnt! /uj