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45 sats \ 7 replies \ @kepford 2 Apr \ parent \ on: Tesla shares rise on unconfirmed report Musk could be leaving DOGE post soon Politics_And_Law
I will be shocked if there is a net reduction in overall spending.
I'm hearing commercials about how they "may cut" medicad and social security. I've been hearing that nonsense my whole life. People are so gullible.
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121 sats \ 5 replies \ @SimpleStacker 23h
Trump never really cared about cuts. Maybe Elon did, but he would've been pretty alone within Trump world on that.
My original prediction was that DOGE wouldn't make much of an impact, they would claim some victory which is much inflated compared to reality, then move on. I stand by that prediction.
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67 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 23h
I think that's right. I do think some value came out of it to highlight to the masses how ridiculous government spending has gotten. Any level of additional distrust in politicians is a good thing in my book.
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70 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 23h
Yes, I agree with Michael Malice. The average man's view of politicians should be the way they view a tobacco executive.
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66 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 23h
Agreed.
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84 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 23h
Yep, at the very least they've moved the Overton Window. I've had some good conversations with some friends about why it's not actually crazy to cut the Dept. of Education
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 23h
Same here.
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41 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 2 Apr
There definitely won't be if they don't get rates down. They have a lot of short term debt to roll over this year.
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