Musk to head task force...

[Doctor Phibes]

Another government department created to increase government efficiency.

Sir Humphry would approve.

[Jolly]

Perhaps, but Musk marches to the beat of a different drummer. I suspect he would have several recommendations, some of them pretty good.

[LuFins Dad]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Musk to head task force...:

Another government department created to increase government efficiency.

Sir Humphry would approve.

LOL, exactly what I was thinking… The party of small government wants to make a new department…

But, I’ve always thought that an efficiency expert as a private contractor could come in and cut a ton of waste.

[Doctor Phibes]

@LuFins-Dad said in Musk to head task force...:

But, I’ve always thought that an efficiency expert as a private contractor could come in and cut a ton of waste.

Have you ever worked with efficiency experts?

Lots of fucking meetings.

[Axtremus]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Musk to head task force...:

Have you ever worked with efficiency experts?

Lots of fucking meetings.

No doubt all called to improve efficiency.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Axtremus said in Musk to head task force...:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Musk to head task force...:

Have you ever worked with efficiency experts?

Lots of fucking meetings.

No doubt all called to improve efficiency.

Then they let that guy go who nobody was sure what he did but he sure did seem busy, and 3 weeks later they realise what he did and we have to hire him back as a contractor.

[xenon]

Elon seems to be a fire-first and deal with problems later sort of guy. Not sure if you're legally allowed to do that in the government.

[Doctor Phibes]

I think there is definite potential here for an epic and hilarious falling out between these two prima-donnas

[xenon]

Oh, Trump would almost certainly end up hating him. If he doesn't do well - he'd hate him, if he does well - he'd get jealous and hate him.

[Doctor Phibes]

@xenon said in Musk to head task force...:

Oh, Trump would almost certainly end up hating him. If he doesn't do well - he'd hate him, if he does well - he'd get jealous and hate him.

I wonder how many Scaramuccis there are in a Musk.

[Jolly]

I don't care if they fight a duel on Pennsylvania Avenue, if we can trim the federal government.

[Axtremus]

@Jolly said in Musk to head task force...:

I don't care if they fight a duel on Pennsylvania Avenue, if we can trim the federal government.

Given Trump’s track record, most likely he will increase federal government spending and the national debt bigly, if re-elected.
There is even chance that he bankrupts the government.

[Jolly]

@Axtremus said in Musk to head task force...:

@Jolly said in Musk to head task force...:

I don't care if they fight a duel on Pennsylvania Avenue, if we can trim the federal government.

Given Trump’s track record, most likely he will increase federal government spending and the national debt bigly, if re-elected.
There is even chance that he bankrupts the government.

Since when did Joe Scarborough start posting under your moniker?

[Horace]

@Axtremus said in Musk to head task force...:

@Jolly said in Musk to head task force...:

I don't care if they fight a duel on Pennsylvania Avenue, if we can trim the federal government.

Given Trump’s track record, most likely he will increase federal government spending and the national debt bigly, if re-elected.
There is even chance that he bankrupts the government.

It's my understanding that the federal government already fits the definition of bankrupt, unless the ability to print money gets around that definition.

[LuFins Dad]

In all fairness to Ax, the deficit was falling under Obama and started going back up again under Trump, COVID not withstanding.

[jon-nyc]

@LuFins-Dad said in Musk to head task force...:

LOL, exactly what I was thinking… The party of small government wants to make a new department…

But, I’ve always thought that an efficiency expert as a private contractor could come in and cut a ton of waste write a big report.

[taiwan_girl]

@Jolly said in Musk to head task force...:

I don't care if they fight a duel on Pennsylvania Avenue, if we can trim the federal government.

Did the number of federal employees decrease under President Trump the first time? I believe that there was a general trend upward.

[89th]

@xenon said in Musk to head task force...:

Elon seems to be a fire-first and deal with problems later sort of guy. Not sure if you're legally allowed to do that in the government.

Yeah in IT, as you probably know, we call that the scream test. Take a feature away and see who screams. LOL

The effects on the city and surrounding area notwithstanding, that thrives off the government teet..., Elon (or whomever) could massively cut the government size. There's a ton of bloat in every corner (including departments, military, executive, legislative, and judicial branches...) but really the costs folks SHOULD be more concerned with are: the national debt, medicare, and looming social security crisis.

[Jolly]

Low-hanging fruit first?

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly said in Musk to head task force...:

Low-hanging fruit first?

EV tax subsidies?