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View submission: Elon Musk can’t balance the budget
I feel like I'm watching Charlie Brown miss the football....
Elon didn't provide any specifics or details and this piece tried to take him at face value, meanwhile Trump's base is laughing all the way to the ballot box.
Elon will cut some $s, claim to have hit the target by showing savings over the next decade or two of $2T. Everyone in his base will internalize: media said impossible, Elon/Trump successful = media is wrong and biased. And then they'll win another election...
Comment by 1RedOne at 26/11/2024 at 02:13 UTC
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Took him at face value and never had a good rebuttal save for a few moments. It was a recipe to lose an election
Comment by Signguyqld49 at 26/11/2024 at 03:13 UTC
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Australia had a prime minister who bragged that he brought the budget back in the black. NEXT YEAR.
Comment by WarAndGeese at 26/11/2024 at 12:03 UTC
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Exactly, the author is framing this in completely the wrong way.
Comment by Signguyqld49 at 26/11/2024 at 03:15 UTC
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Comment by darkninja2992 at 26/11/2024 at 19:02 UTC
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That's if trump and musk don't have a fallout over the credit and who gets the praise. If they do, then with any luck trump will waste time and effort trying to tear down musk while he does the same, some maga turn on each other , others leave disillusioned, then senate republicans have trouble telling if siding for or against trump would be god for their careers, stalling things and before long midterms come and we get democrat control of house and senate back.
Unlikely things will go THAT well, but i'm trying to stay hopeful
Comment by caveatlector73 at 26/11/2024 at 02:12 UTC
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Oh they have provided specifics - sorry if you missed them. They have been all over the news fwiw.
Here's on such article although if you want more I suggest a search engine:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/musk-ramaswamy-doge-500-billion-spending-where-they-will-cut/[1][2]
1: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/musk-ramaswamy-doge-500-billion-spending-where-they-will-cut/
2: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/musk-ramaswamy-doge-500-billion-spending-where-they-will-cut/