r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • Mar 06 '25

Soft Paywall Elon Musk Suddenly Doesn’t Want Credit for Disastrous DOGE Cuts - Musk is warning Republicans to stop blaming DOGE for the cuts.

https://newrepublic.com/post/192415/elon-musk-warns-republicans-doge-job-cuts
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u/FormerUsenetUser Mar 06 '25

And then Musk will get it back by ripping it off out of government contracts, and our Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, and education.

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u/squidvett Mar 06 '25

Or we can hope that in this perverted reality, Musk ends up like Rudy Giuliani after Trump is finished with him.

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u/yearofthesponge Mar 07 '25

Or that people take matters into their own hands. Musk should be a little scared because he can’t defend against millions of mad Americans around every street corner. It’s not fun being hounded and receiving death threats. I imagine it can be a little stressful especially if this becomes a group stalking situation.

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u/Sufficient-Hold-2053 Mar 06 '25

yeah the sovereign wealth fund is literally musk levying a tax on people with no law and stealing the money.

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u/Aggravating_Hippo_65 21d ago

He isn't getting paid, you act like he has all this power, he doesn't. He looks for waste with the heads of each Dept then they do something not him. If you want to blame anyone for not being fiscally responsible, blame Biden. Talking about Musk is ridiculous when he doesn't fire anyone, he can't do anything but look for waste. It's sad that you think he has power like that.

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u/9iz6iG8oTVD2Pr83Un Mar 06 '25

Right? There’s a goal here that isn’t clear to most. He knew he was going to lose money going through all this.

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u/2Loves2loves Mar 06 '25

and going to MARS

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u/FormerUsenetUser Mar 06 '25

I'd be happy to send Musk to Mars on a one-way ticket.

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u/TheQuidditchHaderach Mar 07 '25

Let's Matt Damon him!

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u/YouJabroni44 Colorado Mar 07 '25

That's implied by going to Mars in the first place.

It's dangerous as hell there.

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u/Aggravating_Hippo_65 21d ago

No one says anything about the fact that NASA couldn't rescue their own astronauts but Musk sent the rocket to pick them up

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u/After_Flan_2663 Mar 07 '25

He's plotting that idea any ways at least this he goes down with the shop.

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u/NeverRolledA20IRL 29d ago

He's afraid of Mario's brother. 

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u/PiratexelA 29d ago

He's about to give himself a massive government contract to buy all the cyberstucks at an inflated price

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u/anonkitty2 29d ago

He has already done a lot of all those things.  Enough government contracts have been violated that, should anyone dare, he and anyone else who's touchable could be sued for violating the 14th Amendment, for contracts have been cancelled after the other side completed their part.

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u/Aggravating_Hippo_65 21d ago

Do you even watch the news, Medicare, Medicaid and SS are fine for right now. I can't believe you people don't want to know what our taxes pay, a lot of crap that we shouldn't be paying for, and with SS it is short because during Bidens admin they kept borrowing from it for the college loans scheme and paying people

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u/FormerUsenetUser 20d ago

Yes Musk plans to cut Social Security and has said so openly. BTW, for people surviving on these systems, "fine for right now" is not good enough.

Tell you what, we could tax the rich to pay for Medicare, Medicaid and SS.