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View submission: Elon Musk can’t balance the budget
I think you're partly misunderstanding politics if you think what you're describing is waste. Defense spending is a jobs program + slush fund to funnel public dollars to private companies. Healthcare spending is likewise set up to funnel as much public money to private owners as possible.
If there was a good faith effort to right size the military and make our healthcare spending more efficient, we could do a HUGE amount of good. But that isn't Musk's objective, or any Republicans. Or even most Democrats.
Comment by moongrowl at 26/11/2024 at 05:26 UTC
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You're correct it's fraud / theft. It's "corporate welfare." I'd consider that waste, but the people in charge consider it the point of democracy, yes.