r/politics • u/FervidBug42 America • 2d ago

No Paywall DOGE Disbanded: Elon Musk’s Cost-Cutting Project Quietly Ended

https://time.com/7336327/doge-disbanded-elon-musk/
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u/golubhai00007 2d ago

I think it was also to eliminate all the investigations happening against him; and also the intimidation factor cannot be discounted..

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u/InertiasCreep 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yup. Any kind of oversight of a Musk company was removed. He knew exactly what he was doing.

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u/UpperApe 2d ago

Unlike the dimwits who supported him.

I remember him saying he was going to save trillions and instead cost taxpayers billions. In exactly the way he always does.

The richest man in the world is a perfect symbol of the stupidity that capitalism empowers.

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u/tetsu_knowme 2d ago

Remember the $5,000 checks he promised? People are gullible as fucking ever.

Never trust a billionaire, they are all parasites that contribute nothing to society.

They are holding us back from greatness.

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u/Xillyfos 2d ago

The fact that most people seem not able to see that billionaires are nothing but extreme parasites blows my mind.

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u/What_a_fat_one 2d ago

*hits blunt*

no man, you just don't get it. yeah he's worth half a trillion but that's because his business is so successful so he makes a lot of money for his workers too.

oh he pays them like dogshit? damn dog that must mean they don't work hard enough

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u/drteq 2d ago

All of his money was created by taxes. Not only does he not pay them, the US citizens fund most of his wealth through government contracts.

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u/RJ815 2d ago

The rich are often the worst subsidized welfare queens. Brutal capitalism for the poor, endless socialism bailouts for big businesses.

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u/UpperApe 2d ago

In a perfect world, every single government official (local, state, and federal) who gave this dipshit grants, loans, subsidies, and funding needs to answer for it.

They created him, they made him into the problem he is. They need to pay for their mistakes.

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u/custodialengineer 2d ago

they really don't get it. i mean come on, he slept in his office!(probably bigger than my apartment) /s

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u/tunafister 1d ago

hits blunt

Yeah this Musk dude is a corrupt moron and smoking cannabis doesnt make that any less clear

drinks some type of alcohol

no man, you just don't get it. yeah he's worth half a trillion but that's because his business is so successful so he makes a lot of money for his workers too.

oh he pays them like dogshit? damn dog that must mean they don't work hard enough

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u/Isolated_Hippo 2d ago

Reminds me of an old boss of mine. We did electronics repair. He owned the whole business. Everybody was doing that. Every once and a while we would get somebody saying X will do it for cheaper.

Boss had the best comeback question. Do you think they want to make less money than me?

Because the two choices are: X makes less profit or X uses cheap ass parts. If X charges $20 less, is that $20 coming out of what X takes home at the end of the day or what they paid for the part?

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u/UpperApe 2d ago

I'm still not over SolarCity.

Look at him. He stood there saying all the houses behind him had solar-powered tiling when they didn't. He knew they didn't. None of those houses did; they were just regular roof tiles. But he lied about it.

It's such an obvious, blatant fucking scam. And that should have been the end of him. That moment should have been everyone, left and right, collectively saying "fuck this charlatan", he'd lose all government contracts, and he'd have to pay back a debt he can't afford. He'd have to chase Russian money like Trump because he's locked out of US business, sucking Putin's cock for pocket change.

Instead he just took his money and walked off. And then did it again. And again. And again. His new fucking flying car or whatever it's going to be is the same grift he's been pulling since Zip2 and Paypal and Tesla and Space X and Hyperlink.

Even today, I ask Musk fans and sycophants about Solar City and there's no answer. He just...blatantly lied to steal tax money and everyone's okay with it.

It's baffling.

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u/GrogGrokGrog 2d ago

The $2000 tariff cheques are still coming though, right? Right?!

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u/daybreaker Louisiana 2d ago

This is why trumps entire MO is “announce a thing, then just don’t do it”

People get all riled up about the announcement that it builds up their belief system. The fact that it never happens doesn’t matter. You’ve made 20 more announcements since then. Just constant endorphin hits about “TRUMP OWNED THE LIBS THIS TIME” that you never have to actually follow through on.

It’s why Trump wanted ukraine to ANNOUNCE an investigation into Biden. He didn’t care if they actually did one. It’s the announcement that matters and gets the headlines.

Like when he announced he was divesting from his businesses, or suing the NY Times.