We can either have corporate interests and wealthy NGO's and elite universitites deciding what our values should be via their campaign contributions, or we have a more transparent effort to out programs that have not only squandered public funds but done so in ways that threatened our safety and coherence as a nation. citing Musk's wealth is a red herring.
I love the idea of going to Mars, but I think it should be funded privately.
There is a lot of cult-like worship of Elon, and I don't like that, either.
DOGE, on the other hand, is decades overdue.
I am thrilled with their disclosures, and with the media hype surrounding all the idiotic expenditures they are spotlighting.
For decades, US taxpayers have been paying for all kinds of nonsense. Some of it is mentioned once a year by Senator Rand Paul, and it used to be brought up by Senator Proxmire, if I'm not mistaken, but it's never received such prolonged, wide-ranging coverage.
Let the Congress Critters, activists, and agency heads defend the indefensible all they want. The people have spoken, and we want this crap to end.
Agreed. But I also get Courtney's point (or what I think is her point) that in addition to everything they're outing/cutting, they ALSO need to go after the DOD (which, IIRC, Trump campaigned on decreasing). Instead, we're seeing them INCREASE the DOD budget to keep those MIC gears well greased. That's NOT what I voted for when I filled in that bubble next to Trump's name. It just sucks because it confirms that no matter which side of the duopoly is in power, the MIC always wins.
They DEFINITELY need to go after the DOD тАФ and I thought they were planning to, a few weeks back. Then, all of a sudden, TrumpтАЩs babbling about a trillion dollar defense budget.
We can either have corporate interests and wealthy NGO's and elite universitites deciding what our values should be via their campaign contributions, or we have a more transparent effort to out programs that have not only squandered public funds but done so in ways that threatened our safety and coherence as a nation. citing Musk's wealth is a red herring.
I love the idea of going to Mars, but I think it should be funded privately.
There is a lot of cult-like worship of Elon, and I don't like that, either.
DOGE, on the other hand, is decades overdue.
I am thrilled with their disclosures, and with the media hype surrounding all the idiotic expenditures they are spotlighting.
For decades, US taxpayers have been paying for all kinds of nonsense. Some of it is mentioned once a year by Senator Rand Paul, and it used to be brought up by Senator Proxmire, if I'm not mistaken, but it's never received such prolonged, wide-ranging coverage.
Let the Congress Critters, activists, and agency heads defend the indefensible all they want. The people have spoken, and we want this crap to end.
Agreed. But I also get Courtney's point (or what I think is her point) that in addition to everything they're outing/cutting, they ALSO need to go after the DOD (which, IIRC, Trump campaigned on decreasing). Instead, we're seeing them INCREASE the DOD budget to keep those MIC gears well greased. That's NOT what I voted for when I filled in that bubble next to Trump's name. It just sucks because it confirms that no matter which side of the duopoly is in power, the MIC always wins.
Agreed.
They DEFINITELY need to go after the DOD тАФ and I thought they were planning to, a few weeks back. Then, all of a sudden, TrumpтАЩs babbling about a trillion dollar defense budget.
NOT what I voted for!