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re: Thoughts On Musk’s Influence

Posted on 2/2/25 at 12:30 pm to
Posted by RougeDawg
Member since Jul 2016
7334 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 12:30 pm to
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is Musk the right guy to be dramatically reshaping the federal government?


Is one of the smartest guys on the planet the right guy to be reshaping the Federal government? Probably.

We've tried smooth talking lawyers for a century and they seem to just make things worse.
Posted by GatorH8r
Member since Aug 2019
317 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 12:30 pm to
The state of the union is in such a mess that to fix things it’ll take a bold plan and leaders will have much more power from the idea of they are making big decisions to fix things. Musk is a disruptor so that seems necessary.

With Musk my biggest worry is he seems to have no grounding as far as Judeo Christian. He does share passionate thoughts about freedom and people being free though not something God Given.

Also, in my opinion Neuralink and what they are looking to do def. flirts with playing God. The precedence here opens up for some serious evil activity in the hands of bad actors.
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
135735 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 12:30 pm to
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However, Twitter has decreased in value by 84% since he took over.
By what parameter and what cause?
Posted by Texas Weazel
Louisiana is a shithole
Member since Oct 2016
8946 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 12:32 pm to
I was fine with his promise to do tariffs. I just didn't think he'd get stupid with them. I don't know who convinced him to only tax china at 10%. The 25% should have also applied to China.

All this will do is solidify China as our #1 trading partner.
Posted by CharlesUFarley
Daphne, AL
Member since Jan 2022
901 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 12:38 pm to
If this effort was all GOV, and not from outside the GOV, do you think you'd be hearing things like:

Treasury officials never turned down an invoice in their careers even if they knew it was fraud or terrorists.

Air Force was paying $1250 each for paper coffee cups.

$50 million was going to Gaza for condoms

IRS was paying $300,000 a year for coffee when no one was working at the office

This has been in one week. You didn't hear that much in a year under previous admins.

Edit: Remember, W. Bush tried to get a bipartisan panel to come up with ways to save SS and they couldn't do it after wasting $millions meeting. They did nothing. This was after no one in Congress had the b@lls to privatize. The GOV is not the place to find people like this.
This post was edited on 2/2/25 at 12:43 pm
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
27595 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 12:43 pm to
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He paid too much for X to start with.

That’s true. It cost Musk considerably less to buy America.
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
15029 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 12:44 pm to
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I don't know who convinced him to only tax china at 10%


That's an *additional* 10%, not an *only* 10%.
Posted by Tandemjay
Member since Jun 2022
4639 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 12:52 pm to
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Shouldn’t Trump consider someone else calling the shots? I don’t disagree with a reshaping of the federal government but rather who is doing it.


Trump has probably already run out of trustworthy people in DC, therefor Musk.
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
125636 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 12:58 pm to
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That’s true. It cost Musk considerably less to buy America.


Melt.
Posted by Marshhen
Port Eads
Member since Nov 2018
949 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 1:00 pm to
How is Musk calling the shots? Everything he is doing at DOGE is straight from DJT’s campaigns … in 2012!
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
63322 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 1:14 pm to
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Your concern is noted

Posted by WhatItDo
Member since Sep 2024
361 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 1:21 pm to
Musk is a breath of fresh air compares to the Biden influencers.
Posted by Onyx Aggie
Foothills of the Smokies
Member since Sep 2012
2620 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 1:29 pm to
This new influx of concern trolls is tiring.
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Bogalusa
Member since Jul 2018
7584 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 1:35 pm to
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However, Twitter has decreased in value by 84% since he took over.


I don't see the need for our government to have a market valuation. If we did have one, and it was high, I would say get rid of most of it and give me my money back.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
100699 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 1:48 pm to
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Many people thought the tariff thing was a negotiating tactic that wouldn’t actually be implemented.


You have to prove you aren’t bluffing sometimes in order to start real negotiations
Posted by Hodag
Northwoods
Member since Sep 2024
1083 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 1:56 pm to
No more chopped boy cock has you losers melting.

Posted by HillabeeBaw
Hillabee Reservoir
Member since May 2023
2866 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 2:09 pm to
Nice troll job "Pentagon"Tiger
Posted by BBONDS25
Member since Mar 2008
57234 posts
Posted on 2/2/25 at 2:17 pm to
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However, Twitter has decreased in value by 84% since he took over.


What does this (false) number mean to you. What is your purpose in citing the is (fake news) article?
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