Elon Details How He Will Manage Efficiency "How do you have time?" | Joe Rogan & Elon Musk

[@keithv2974]

What's wild is that what Elon is proposing here is exactly what Ross Perot said this country needed over 30 years ago.

[@Rope_Adope]

I guess things weren’t bad enough yet for people to wake up. These things take time lol

[@andremurray7424]

Nobody believed him because the 90s were so smooth

[@keithv2974]

@@andremurray7424 yeah a lot of people were still riding on that wave of the 80's and it took the next generation to deal with the eventual fallout.

[@keithv2974]

@@Rope_Adope exactly. People were still riding high. People have been so stubborn to believe this is an issue. Even after the crash in 2008, people still wanted to think everything was okay.

[@umbandalinda]

And both were billionaires

[@Dr_DeeDee]

"No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!" --Ronald Reagan

[@kennethmeeker6369]

How many government agencies and programs were created for the deep state’s friends n families employment.

[@edwardrichard2561]

Same with laws

[@RubinKlein25]

Someone said to me, half of the jobs at the government are redundant so its basically a form of well-fair with a social aspect and some feeling of purpose.

[@BINIgnitOnTop]

​@@patriciacolon5979alot of people don't believe in your sky daddy patricia. Keep that shi off the government

[@crivera1056]

Elon Musk got this idea from the Argentina of president Milei. I am very sure he will use a lot of ideas from Federico Sturzenegger, who is an Argentine economist who is the current Minister of Deregulation and State Transformation under Javier Milei's presidency. It's working like a charm in Argentina, hope that can be use in the USA too.

[@garystrittmater8258]

We've only needed this for half a century but, better late than never!

[@vanmiddleton4895]

I agree. Unfortunately, while Musk is anti-debt, Trump is pro-debt. He loaded up on debt in 2019 when he should have cut the deficit. Trump wants a humming economy for his term, because he cares about optics. He doesn't care about what it will cost the country in 10 years.

[@HaloX999]

If your broke a$$ genuinely believes a billionaire president and the world's richest man will cut cost with best intentions for you... You are up for well deserved shock of life time and 4 years of pain! Looking forward to watching this from far!

[@harryadam7679]

@@HaloX999 America is too good for Americans.

[@atnfn]

@@HaloX999 You think the democrats would have fixed this problem? They won't even talk about it, they seem to pretend this problem doesn't exist. They seem to think they can keep borrowing money forever. I don't know anything about economics but that just doesn't seem like a good idea. What happens when the interest of the US debt is higher than the GDP. I guess you're well past the point of no return then, no way of fixing it then. But I guess that's the problem of future generations, I'm guessing todays politicians expect to be dead by then so it's not their problem.

[@joshbull623]

@@HaloX999 A fraction of what Dems have so I do hope you have the same perspective for them at the bare minimum. That said, your obvious lack of judgement and inability to take actions over words does not make me optimistic. Also, 98% chance you are a troll or bot. Sometimes it is hard to tell when real world ideologies become more absurd than hyperbolic fantasy.

[@mtl98-n9g]

This is why we need to have people in government who have actually ran businesses and not career politicians.

[@MPP241]

@@phyju No. We need to care for each other. Gov never will.

[@KarenMacDonald-o7g]

Exactly. And the politicians hate this because it will work more effectively and cut costs which makes the lifer politicians look incompetent

[@navalrajnikanth3214]

​@phyju Countries are the biggest business. They are competing with other countries with economic prosperity.

[@mustangracer5124]

Exactly.. career dependents

[@robkerr9930]

​@@phyju you have no idea what your talking about

[@Motivational-Mango]

This is one of the things Elon Musk is very good at, which is cleaning out the unnecessary crap. Anyone who has ever worked, or at least had an office job knows that there are people who just want to be lazy at work. They just hang around, want to drink coffee and have meetings so they can pass the time. They just want their salary and don't care about doing any work. Elon has become successful because he has companies where he clears out these types of people. Now he will do the same with the government. I think it's great. Why should people earn money if they produce nothing of value? Elon removed thousands of people from Twitter, and the website is even better today.

[@nutbastard]

His famous design philosophy is that "the best part is no part". It's Lean engineering taken to the extreme. I tend to agree - it isn't about rearranging the pieces, it's about having fewer pieces to arrange. It's about deleting whatever causes more problems than it solves.

[@frotobaggins7169]

I would say most people at most companies fall in to this category. I've worked at several multinationals where at least half the employees were unproductive.

[@randomdaveUK]

X is NOT better today. It's turned into an aggressive platform which Musk has used over the last 12 months to push his own agenda and bury opposing views by downgrading it's importance

[@guyfromdubai]

True, should get rid of all welfare because people that arent working or cannot work (disabled, elderly, whoever else qualifies) should earn nothing from any welfare program as they are producing nothing of value, right?

[@Joedisney]

Yeah he just about bankrupt Twitter. He's lost 2/3 of the money. What a genius he is

[@CarolSteficek]

It’s a dream come true. Finally two great men fixing our government insanity! God bless Elon and Vivek!

[@sweetiesimpson6368]

Train wreck coming. Brace yoursef.

[@willpsychmajor3104]

@@sweetiesimpson6368 exactly

[@Flussig1]

Time to get back on track!

[@Abcdxyz11534]

​@@sweetiesimpson6368What are you waffling about?!

[@rrussell9731]

Impossible. You can update the technology and procedures, but you can't fire incompetent federal employees, so, at best, you fix 10% of the problem.

[@BLM-APTX]

A few years back, a man fell off a pier and drowned near where I lived. I witnessed no less than six agencies respond, searching for the body. All were there, standing around, willing to help, but no one clearly in charge. Notably absent was the constable, who was a friend. I called him and asked why he wasn’t there. “That’s my job,” he said, “But there are too many people involved for me to do it.” The body was ultimately recovered, but the level of governmental inefficiency was revealed, and I cannot unsee it.

[@trvs00]

Most departments now follow this method. I have been to several trainings now with this method. Incident Command System (ICS) A standardized system that helps manage incidents by providing a common structure for personnel from different organizations to work together. ICS is used for all types of incidents, including planned events.

[@ironhat2]

as bizarre as it may sound to a logical, reasonable person, its accurate.

[@GrimSower]

It keeps so many people employed without needing to really do anything 😂

[@mrlt1151]

Sounds like you have a constable who should have a different job. I worked in a union shop while I was in college. All my life I’d been told it was impossible to fire union workers. Management in that shop had no problem getting rid of several bad apples while I worked there. We had a retired military officer/nco (I don’t know what exactly he did, but he was an obvious leader). He’d simply work the rules. Document everything, and continue at the process until his target was gone. Could he arbitrarily walk in one day and say, “you’re fired.”? No. He had to do his job and honor the employment contract. If you constable friend doesn’t think coordinating the recovery process is worth his time, he should find another job. In fact there should have been a plan on record with those other agencies, and defined chain of command. A professional LEO would be on top of that.

[@lauriestlyon8773]

Here in rhe UK it is the same. I worked as an agency worker doing facilities in a government facility. As I "had time" they asked me to call some third parties to get them in for essential meetings that their people had failed to do for three weeks. I filled all the slots in less than two days! All the DEI hires (I was the only straight, white male in the building!) hated me for it. They complained and got me terminated!

[@doglegjake6788]

It is such a blessing having Elon Musk in our country

[@DOXO881]

@@doglegjake6788 Elon's message has some merit but he is the wrong person for this job due to a massive conflict of interests.

[@walkthebrokenpath0]

​@@DOXO881he paid the most in taxes by a single person or entity in human history i think he's got a right to see why its not being spent correctly

[@complutenseucr]

He is the one with the huge debt. Give me a break. Everyone has been giving him money. He didn't have to be efficient

[@fantasticfox411]

​@@complutenseucrHe has paid all the debt back

[@DOXO881]

@@walkthebrokenpath0 The only reason Musk paid high taxes is his massive dumping of Tesla shares, which were massively subsidized in the first place. Anyway, that's irrelevant to my point -- allowing a business magnate to regulate the regulators defeats the point of regulation.

[@05khanha]

We need something similar in Canada

[@michiganmikeupnorth]

Agreed.

[@coreyouellette3199]

The United States can have the A-Team We need a Fuckin Eh-Team here haha

[@elmerlucero2729]

I'm from the Philippines, we have the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) which is tasked to reduce processing time, cut bureaucratic red tape, and eliminate corrupt practices which is similar to Elon's objective.

[@curtissharris8914]

And can you tell?

[@rr-ti2xp]

Do you actually notice a difference? Can you tell that life is better with said agency?

[@danerose575]

I'm also from the Philippines and it has 300% more red tape in many areas than the U.S. The one year of stupidity to import a car is one example, resulting in older worse cars selling for almost twice as much as they sell for in the U.S.

[@FrequentFlyer_MIA]

And its obviously not working lol

[@crisbowman]

​@@danerose575There is a difference in keeping the government efficient and requiring stupid standards for your citizens.

[@Yroc_Mahnud]

This is not just in government but in the workforce as well. I work in a place where eight years ago, five people would watch 1 person work, which means that one person has to work to sustain 6 peoples jobs. They would walk around all day believing that efficiency is telling people to work harder unless it was hot out. In that case we got a little peace while they hung out in there AC offices. When covid hit, almost all of those five to one "leaders" refused to come to work leaving just a handful of actual workers and the owner of the company. He came up to me and said "because of your dedication, I would like to promote you to a leadership position." I said "Thank you, but in reality, I've alway been a leader and have successfully lead from the position I have now and this position is much more effective to lead from than having five people pretend to watch me. I'm not good because of their leadership, but because of my own." Now, we have 20 workers to 1 leader and the leadership role is not to tell people to work harder, but instead to find efficient ways to make jobs easier. I believe Elon has this kind of mentality as well.

[@PROBAGAMING]

That’s why I quit sales , I had like 4 different “leaders” and they were all like 19-24 I’m 27. That was really confusing

[@321gates]

Unions will do that.

[@russianbot4418]

As a business owner, I deal with that in regulations. Things are now at a zero-win state due to too many rules canceling each other or demanding things be done in ways that sound good on paper but are literally physically impossible to implement in reality.

[@gunman462]

Price's law

[@jaimesanchez6305]

@@321gatesyou ain’t lying. I work in a union and the people required to do some tasks is utterly ridiculous. Total waste of resources in all honesty. Never understood it but they all love it.

[@GlowGlobe]

For those curious, Joe asks the title question in the last 10 seconds of the video and Elon simply responds “Well I’m pretty good at efficiency.” The content is still valuable, but if you’re looking for that specific question, well… there you go.

[@jessicadavis2244]

Apartheid Elon is pretty good at not spending any time with any of his 12 kids.

[@jpkerns7427]

ATF... Is a perfect example and redundant law enforcement agencies.

[@warrenbuyer]

...began its life as "revenu-ers" back in 1792

[@cbrunhaver]

Alcohol tobacco and firearms are all legal. This is a no-brainer

[@dmoneyas24]

Law enforcement is the most clear example. We have 4 agencies (FBI, DEA, HSI, ATF) essentially enforcing the same laws.

[@Denver_____]

lol even the IRS now will have guns. For what? It’s not like the IRS personally pointed guns at Al Capone. He got arrested by regular police for tax evasion anyway

[@dmoneyas24]

@ they have a criminal investigative division made of special agents who actually have arresting powers. They do search & arrest warrants. So yeah, they need guns.

[@justinvanburen8259]

It’s about damn TIME!!!! we needed to do this a LONG TIME AGO!!!!!

[@jerrynewman449]

I'll start singing Elon's praises once I see results.

[@TopGgamingclan]

look no further than space X and tesla, Elon always delivers results

[@JackIsNotInTheBox]

@@TopGgamingclan He meant economic results for the rest of us, not results for Elon himself.

[@hzqmrk]

4 years from now the USA will still be spending more than it takes in.

[@TopGgamingclan]

@@JackIsNotInTheBox I'm aware, if there are 2 people with Resume's capable of doing so It's President Trump and Elon Musk, If he can do 300+ Billion for himself , think what he could do for the country when given the power

[@olivierl2172]

Well said.

[@timmonaghan5907]

I agree with Elon that we need to have a scorched earth mentality on fighting the national debt. It is so ridiculously out of control. I am excited that something is finally going to be done about it.

[@aaronthemadd]

Sen. Rand Paul purposed to take one penny from every dollar to balance the budget over a 4 or 5 year period, and they refused, probably because it showcased their ineptitude.

[@trudimcleod5042]

You are not going to pay it unless you cut benefits to regular voters. That is the secret they are not telling you.

[@patrickbateman1660]

Why is he supporting the guy vowing to cut taxes to make it even higher

[@nebbykoo]

Your God Trump raised it by 2 trillion +.

[@greasher926]

Debt is actually a sign of a healthy economy, it means the government is investing. Even businesses have debt, if you look at Tesla they were loosing money for many years, with the only thing keeping them afloat were investors and increasing stock prices. They almost declared bankruptcy in 2018. It wasn’t until 2020 that they started turning a profit. That being said US debt is out of control and needs to be reigned back in.

[@srs2835]

I’m 100% supportive of Elon reducing the size of government and increasing efficiency. His analogy w/ for companies vs how the government works, is spot on. Where I take issue is w/a 2 yr year severance package for federal employees. These folks have had better salaries/health insurance/PTO, than the vast majority of Americans. I wouldn’t quibble over a one year severance package. A year severance package gives them plenty of time to look for a new job and get back on their feet. In the interest of cleaning house thoroughly, give everyone an equal package (1 year) and send them packing!

[@Weamee]

I agree with you 100% on the severance. Small businesses had to close during the Covid experiment and the government didn’t give a darn about those workers or the owners who employed those workers. The gravy train is over….. bye, bye.

[@pamukpicker]

4 months take it or leave it, last offer

[@consco3667]

6 months tops.

[@jimmonsees9119]

We all know Elon’s too busy with Mars, etc. Elon’s focus would be on his own grievances, so conflicts of interest. He’s onto a big issue that needs resolving, but wouldn’t it be better if the Government Accounting Office, with experts, were tasked, rather than an ‘idea guy’?

[@ERG8000]

The problem is that Gov. employment has both tenure and strong labor unions. If you just institute mass layoffs you're also going to have to deal with hundreds of thousands of legally valid wrongful termination lawsuits. If you ask people to voluntarily resign in exchange for a more than generous severance you'll have a lot of people take you up on it and you get to avoid all of the legal issues.

[@paulinlatin]

America is so gifted to have people who like them, on their way to turn around the governmental machine that grow too big. Most other countries have the government drag the country down.

[@theadmiral8161]

Screw extended severance. Govt employees have skated on our dime for too long. When I was laid off and received 4 weeks of severance after 12 years at my job, they still took tax dollars which partially went to their salaries. We the people have had enough of supporting the government

[@ERG8000]

The problem is that Gov. employment has both tenure and strong labor unions. If you just institute mass layoffs you're also going to have to deal with hundreds of thousands of legally valid wrongful termination lawsuits. If you ask people to voluntarily resign in exchange for a more than generous severance you'll have a lot of people take you up on it and you get to avoid all of the legal issues.

[@bartek5078]

I'm not from US, but way you're saying is to treat people as bad as you were treated. How does this makes sense?

[@kenoskyiscool]

@@ERG8000 Not all Gov employees are unionized. Also, each Department/Agency/etc. has it own favored judge, who generally rules in their favor for terminations when the terminated employee attempts to sue. The problem is that internet warriors don't know what they are talking about.

[@kenoskyiscool]

@@ERG8000 Nope. Outside of secretaries, most Fed Employees are paid less than their private sector counterparts. Private contractors, on the other hand, make the bank. The difference in pay is compensated by more PTO than what you typically see in the private sector, and that is it, and an IRA or other retirement fund that Fed employees do not have to pay into. Also, when a Fed employee reaches the end of their series, say if they are a GS9-11, and hit GS11, the only option for a pay raise is with step increases, that are incremental by a few grand, and as time goes on years are added in-between each step. It takes roughly 20 years to go from a Step 1 to a Step 10. Other than that, they only get a yearly COL increase, which under Trump 1.0 was frozen. So, in this example if you hit GS11, Step 10, that is it. For the rest of your life you will never get a raise other than COL, unless you apply for and are hired for, a different position that is say a GS12-13 or whatever. To add, to get into that new position, you have to demonstrate that somehow, along the way, you acquired the skills to be a GS12, which means that the employee had to go out of their way to acquire the skill as the skill is, ironically, not a part of the GS11 position. And, when there is a Gov Shutdown, Fed Employees do not get paid. Usually, they end up with backpay, which is decided by Congress if they do, however, this is never guaranteed. The fucked up thing is that if the Fed employee is deemed an essential employee, they are still expected to show up to work everyday during the shutdown despite not being paid and the possibility of not receiving backpay. But, landlords, mortgage companies, utilities, child care, etc. don't care. The Fed Gov is pretty stingy with benefits, wanting to avoid the perception that they are benefitting from taxpayer dollars. Whenever an Office has a lunch event, Fed Employees have to pay for their meals and beverages. Finally, the average Fed employee is not entitled to a severance package. I would add that many Departments and Agencies are understaffed no matter who is POTUS, but I suppose it depends on the Agency or specific Office within an Agency. Another thing is location based pay. The employee's duty center is their location. Fed employees do not have the luxury of WFH like many in the private sector due, at least with being fully remote, but let's say the employee does, and they work for the NIH in Bethesda, MD. but their duty center is their home in Wyoming. This employee will receive Wyoming pay, not DC pay, which is roughly $10K less than what they would earn if their duty station was in the DC metro. Private sector employees, they get paid what they get when they WFH and have the luxury of moving to cheaper COL area while retaining their Silicon Valley salary, as an example. Fed health insurance is really no better than what is offered by other employers, with the exceptions that Fed Employees have more options and tiers to choose from, coverages, and so on. It is not free, though, and comes out to hundreds of dollars a month depending on coverage, family size, ect. Only high ranking EOs likely get free health care. And, the average Fed employee, the worker bees, are NOT entitled to severance packages. It's not a thing like it is with the private sector, but once again high ranking Gov officials and Officers it may be different. What the average Fed employee might get is a Reduction in Force Benefit if their job was canned due to downsizing. Typically, only those who would qualify for $$$ are those who are near retirement, or who can claim retirement. Everyone will just get offered another Fed position if one is available. Other than that, they are SOL. It's kind of a bad look, not matter who is POTUS, to fire Fed employees and to only have them go on Unemployment. Doesn't matter. It is not the average Fed worker bee who is at risk. It those who are in charge of the Agencies, Departments, and possibly Offices who are at risk. At most, if an Agency or Office is closed under Trump, the employee will get moved somewhere else. In reality, what is likely to happen as well is that Agencies, Departments, and Offices merge, and of course if an Agency or Office is forced to close, this will have a ripple effect on the local economy.

[@keeganripley3118]

@@bartek5078Exactly. “I got screwed over so they deserve to get screwed over”. It’s almost like there would be less spite if a larger severance was offered and the company wasn’t so scummy. Interesting how the government treats its employees well and that gets shamed. Maybe others should take note.

[@timjester8555]

I've always said we need a Department of Gettin' Rid of Sh!t.

[@KidoZean]

😂😂

[@romankorenic4518]

DGRS (pronounced daggers)

[@timjester8555]

@@romankorenic4518 I approve!

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

Like these clowns.

[@visasap]

😂😂😂

[@harrye1626]

Successful business leaders are 1000 x better at politics than politicians. Go, Elon!

[@Denver_____]

I remember a plumber friend of mine doing work at military base and the top head guy there saying to replace all the toilets 🚽 that were working fine just because if they didn’t use all their allocated money for the year, they would get less next year. Imagine how that is such clown thinking encouraged by adults

[@gingerclark7484]

@Denver____ that policy is common in government and the school system. I have listened to teachers talk about dumping their new supplies in rhe dumpsters so they would have money next school year. It is freaking criminal!! This disgusting wasteful country!!!

[@jmg9509]

AH yes, this isn’t born the first time I’ve heard stories like that coming from the US. And I’m not from the US btw

[@MK007-YT]

​ @jmg9509 ; From The USA & that is NOT a rumor ! Wonder how much we could actually $Ave by Replacing ALL of those $500.00 Pentagon Toilet Seats...? 🇺🇸❤️🫡🤨🤔🙏🙏👍🙏

[@michaelmanos2296]

Yeah budget reductions are a worry in the military for sure.🎉 End of year budget spending is like a party requesting odd things and hoping it gets approved.

[@themamat]

Yup, in my country also the same. My friend is policeman. Whenever they get new vehicle to patrol their area, they have to achive certain km at the end of the month wether they need it to use or not (since they also have another patrol cars to use), otherwise they gonna lose that car if the km not meet with the rules. 😂😂😂

[@HustlaAxis9-k9i]

I for one look forward to our new merit based society..

[@alvaroluffy1]

not merit really, once AI and robots have automated everything merit as a concept will cease to exist. Everyone will have right to everything and everyone will be fine, everything will be free and abundant

[@javier.alvarez764]

Advent of AI would probably be the end of capitalism and society as whole lol.

[@DOXO881]

Trump's plan is to increase the number of political appointees in government, thereby reducing the number of employees chosen by merit. So I don't follow your logic.

[@greatworkschiro]

“Merit based society.” That’s it. Yes!

[@DOXO881]

@@HustlaAxis9-k9i More political appointees in gov does not sound merit-based to me.

[@jasonehmann5110]

I'm happy for you Elon!! Do a good job!

[@adm58]

I'm really looking forward to this. I'm in the UK but if Musk can make a great positive difference there, it's bound to create pressure for the same elsewhere. The state is stifling the life out of western civilization.

[@StatueofGuyThinking]

Agreed

[@thewalruswasjason101]

Thank your lucky stars Trump exists at this time in history

[@mikeofallon]

All this waste, and top govt officials are among the most arrogant ppl you can find.

[@narendermakhijani9512]

Immigration

[@bg6654]

@@thewalruswasjason101 So many fellow British citizens I know cannot stand Trump saying he is not fit to lead a country. I try to get some clear reasons why but typically all I hear back is that he is arrogant....😑. As if we are the shinning example of effective/honourable national Leadership.

[@timmythompson2186]

It's very nice that he's worried about them facing economic hardship after being let go. They haven't given us owners of small businesses the same concern and respect

[@Flash3-22]

Dare I say that small business owners involved in retail have lost because of Amazon and big box stores.

[@JeDxDeVu]

That football analogy was spot on

[@webslingernz]

Every country needs an Elon Musk in their government.

[@debbiec6216]

then we wonder why, he's the Richest Person in The World !!!! Over $300 Billion Dollars !!!! People need to take their time, and just listen to him , he's a very interesting person ( in my opinion of course) . Another one, I like that's JD Vance and I am NOT speaking about wealth with Vance , just speaking about how "down to earth " he is . "Fresh politician whose joined the politics". Again, in my own opinion, he's very impressive too.

[@joelmichels5564]

So true!

[@randomuserame]

Every corporation too. CORPORATE bloat is as bad as government bloat. Entire departments of people who do no work, and "recommend" hiring their friends to also do no work.... They started cutting after those "day in the life" videos went viral and the people who SPENT the money realized what they were gettting. It's still not enough. HR as an industry in and of itself needs to go away. It only existed to give women jobs in corporate that weren't "receptionist" and has transformed into the department that commits all the federal employment crimes so they don't have to risk the legal department or the COO. EVERYTHING they do is redundant to another department, it's entirely unnecessary.

[@CreatingChaos]

Starting with the UK

[@Johnny-zb9pt]

Its ashame theres only one elon

[@gregoryjames7976]

Musk knows how to get the best people working with him. Then he knows how to get the "best" out of those people. That's how he has been so successful. I've worked for people had that ability and for others that tried to force "the square peg trough a round hole". The former produced a much happier work environment and far superior results.

[@alvaroluffy1]

this is what people dont understand when they say that elon has never done anything and its all the credit to his employees. His employees have a lot of merit too, but its not fair to take away elons merit, same as it would not be okay to take away those engineers' merit either

[@Flash3-22]

Apparently getting the "best" out of his employees means brutally long work hours and no life outside their job.

[@tracieconte71]

I love Elon..He loves this country and he’s fighting for our rights 💖💖

[@Lovelynursey]

Hi Tracieconte, good morning! 🥰 I hope my comment didn’t come across as intrusive. Your words reflect the kindness and beauty of your heart, which moved me to respond. I don’t usually comment, but I believe you truly deserve this compliment. If you’re open to it, I’d love to be friends. Thanks, and God bless you! 🌺🌺🌺

[@gooserich3970]

He is fighting to make himself more money...wake up lady

[@Wholeness9]

Why should anyone have to”fight”for our rights if…IF IN FACT THIS WAS A FREE SOCIETY? Simply because we are not and haven’t been in quite sometime- free

[@mack552]

2 years severance is crazy! One week of pay for each year of service. Cut government by 80% and now you are making a real difference.

[@leefu2000]

But it's still a lot cheaper than employing all of them forever

[@bosssavage3325]

2 months is enough to find another job.

[@RollinsBrown]

Elon knows what he’s doing. He’s incentivizing them to go along with it. Just like he did before. Cuts lawsuits by massive numbers.

[@ryanmassie8913]

Yeah but I think it’s to make the whole idea sellable

[@brianbrucker71]

Well, a lot of them are basically collecting a paycheck for free now so even if you cough up that kind of severance it’s better in the long run not to have to pay them a pension for life once they retire

[@herbolson8166]

DOGE is a perfect name for the agency.

[@Primaate]

Pronounced ' Dodgy ' 😊

[@JakeB-Real]

@@Primaate pronounced “Dough-jsh”

[@ATHFANATIC]

think Doge coin will go up as a result? lol 😅

[@timhet200]

@@ATHFANATICvery likely…

[@FoulPet]

Doe-G

[@jean-paulthieblot5262]

I agree with Elon. Too much government is just like not enough: no better.

[@lawrencepietrangeloiv2582]

Government efficiency = shorter bills that are relevant to ONE TOPIC . Shorter bills, less room for slipping in unrelated crap, more frequent focused voting by Congress/senate. Just a thought

[@DOXO881]

Yup exactly. Low hanging fruit is to get rid of all those special interest carve-outs in legislation. But neither party will agree to that.

[@frotobaggins7169]

There should be a 10 page cap to any bill.

[@jacobmonti453]

I agree. If you can’t read the whole bill in like 30 minutes or less it’s not a great bill.

[@strayedarticle2838]

Heck Yeah. No more omnibus bills.

[@KenardCleghorn]

Moneys funneled to and from said agencies almost Rico

[@tom20152]

This is a big job. I hope Elon has time for this while doing his regular jobs.

[@damonwilks8799]

When taking a government contracted job like that he will have to make a serious choice. Take the job and step down from all the rest and put his personal stocks on hold. Today a few legal scholars went on mainstream media about this very subject. Plainly stated what I said above. In a fine line of a point I can understand why they would want that type of undivided attention. It's the entire country and its population's future being tended to

[@brendaklein7772]

Elon has a co-manager we haven't heard about yet

[@FunnyBunny-pd5xx]

​@@damonwilks8799 I agree, it is ".... the entire country and its population's future.." However, SHOULD a prospective elected Politician, when leaving school, who then attends University moves into a small Government Agency, works his/herself "up the promotional ladder" WHAT experience do they have, of life outside the "Government bubble" In order to form a true vision for the future of any country, One needs first hand experience, to know/learn of policies WHICH WILL BE for the benefit of the majority of the population/Voters. One has to learn "on the shop floor" BEFORE, one may become a successful CEO of a business.

[@Newlinjim]

@@damonwilks8799perhaps this will be our introduction into the speed and efficiency of well considered AI prompts doing the heavy lifting.

[@ronharris3839]

1.) Most of our debt was caused by business bailouts so they couldn’t go bankrupt. 2.) Most governments agencies have been outsourced to private businesses which seems to be extremely profitable, i.e. KBR during the Middle East Wars. 3.) When we talk about efficiency are we talking about overlapping agencies which I don’t here. 4.) Been in transportation for many years, looks to me that regulations are not being enforced, rather than over regulated. I think that can be said in any industry. 5.) Exactly what we need to outsource, more jobs to China or the Philippines. 6.) I worked for IRS, most of those people work the full 8 hours, with quotas.

[@Vempss]

Elon & vivek officially leading D.O.G.E 🎉🎉🎉

[@timjester8555]

I'm pumped up about the next year! It will be glorious! We will get our country back.

[@gfox860instagram]

So should we buy dogecoin?

[@Laurie-eg8ct]

Love it ❤❤

[@chefgromano5025]

Screw 2 years severance

[@pdxincanada143]

You know that there are normal people working for the government right? You want to just screw them over?

[@sallasundell4351]

Oh i Love Elon❤! From Finland🇫🇮

[@plasmoniker]

Bureaucracies hate change. Elon may be one of the most capable people to work on this problem.

[@MacEliot]

I’ve personally seen government employees who make $200K/year who show up to work late, leave early, all the while producing very little during the day. They steal all the credit for the work contractors do on projects.

[@wabbit6653]

You a hater

[@rd-ot1ju]

A lot of the fraud is the contractors more like.

[@bretondgod]

you think those fat cats making 200k/year are bad, just wait until you see what CEOs do every day making 322 times that number.

[@annemoore4461]

I plan to retire at 62 in another country outside the US that is free, safe and very cheap with a high quality of life. I could fully just rely on only my SS if I wanted to when that times arrives but l'll also have at least one pension, a 403 (b) and a very prolific Investment account with my Stephanie Janis Stiefel my FA. Retiring comfortably in the US these days is almost impossible.

[@aydin6219]

I know this lady you just mentioned. Stephanie Janis Stiefel is a portfolio manager and investment advisor. She gained recognition as an employee of neuberger berman; a renowned investor she is. Stephanie Janis Stiefel has demonstrated expertise in investment strategies and has been involved in managing portfolios and providing guidance to clients.

[@MoslemBaygul]

I’m planning on moving to Thailand in the next 5 years if trump’s government doesn’t do anything with the high prices of groceries and taxes What about you??

[@JessieeAlmar]

I went from no money to Invest with to busting my A** off on Uber eats for four months to raise about $20k to start trading with Stephanie Janis Stiefel. I am at $128k right now and LOVING that you have to bring this up here

[@MafArdoleda]

How can i reach Stephanie if you don't mind me asking? Heard she’s an IA.

[@emmabeyza6036]

Please stop gentrifying countries

[@wildbillfirehands]

Musk; "I'm pretty good at improving efficiency" Joe; "I would say so"

[@stevestudley5685]

I trust this guy to do a great job. Thank you Elon Musk.

[@davidkarpik4216]

- How naive can you get? - US-Americans: yes

[@splooshy4014]

I'm usually more left leaning than right, but Elon does make a lot of sense!

[@nutbastard]

This isn't left vs right anymore, it's left vs logic.

[@pnichols6500]

Keep an open mind, expose yourself to a more conservative site like Town Hall for a week and see both sides of these issues and then make up you mind with new knowledge that may surprise you. Good luck.

[@Newlinjim]

Try not to lean on a side but on sustainable logic. Think of how long you could sustaining your part of the funding without access to a printing press. You would be forced to prioritize just as you do as a private citizen or be able to generate more funds(GDP).

[@floaretudorache9287]

It’s amazing that smart honest people will govern God is with us. Praise God

[@vamama100]

Please stop your fanatic nonsense. It's ELON not some whatever God ok. It's YOU not the Bible which is a fairytale. Wake up your pineal gland and srop your own nonsense

[@kkklllaaa1234]

Musk is smart, he has nothing to do with God.

[@print4apet]

God Lol you w a c k job its people doing stuff, actual humans!

[@arifdoc]

America is lucky to have this guy

[@averyrandall1991]

Let Elon be led by the spirit!!

[@Msrareedition]

He has to have it

[@davedutile6317]

Two years is extremely generous.

[@gildardomagallon]

Would still be cheaper but i think a lump sump of 10K plus 6 months and we can move on

[@unclefatbloke]

VERY generous! But then again, a LOT of these civil servants will struggle to get a job in the private sector after the easy number they have had for years!

[@frotobaggins7169]

Even one year would be very generous.

[@Newlinjim]

@@unclefatblokewell they’re Civil servants so I’m sure they’ll have the country’s best interest at heart…

[@lrx54]

Avoid Postal reactions

[@Gabriel-ne5lc]

Elon and Vivek will fix it. They’re business men. That’s what we need, business men not politicians

[@davidflorsek9105]

Sorry, that is uninformed, wishful thinking. The jobs of government and industry are completely different. Good business leaders GROW businesses. We need to reduce the government, not grow it more.

[@reshfish2]

@@davidflorsek9105 I think you guys are on the same page bud. 😅

[@hankd9675]

How are you sure they can fix it? They can’t do anything without the house and senate who control the budget. The republicans have both houses of congress now. However, typically the party in power loses seats in mid term elections. If that happens, I don’t see this working.

[@Rd0609]

@@davidflorsek9105good business owners identify waste and get rid of it.

[@Thecaptainblackadder]

Hope Elon and Vivek get to do it. I am hoping this spreads global and I can see some change in my country.

[@michiganmikeupnorth]

Where do you live?

[@jimmanis6717]

I'd like to see every employee have to sit down for an interview with the Bobs, from office space.

[@victoriabourgeois3273]

Glad Elon came out of the darkness. He and Vivek will be awesome

[@johnsobera7199]

ELON KNOWS THE TRUTH , HE HAS SOLUTIONS , GOD BLESS HIM AND THE USA

[@mikeutech]

“They gave us money and facilities, we didn't have to produce anything! You've never been out of college! You don't know what it's like out there! I've WORKED in the private sector. They expect results.”

[@nrsjewlzshats6257]

Two years severance pay is beyond ridiculous. Everything else he stated makes sense. Job loss happens in every industry. Give them 4 weeks notice. They can do what anyone else would, apply elsewhere, apply for unemployment, take early or timely retirement, etc.

[@bill.368]

Excellent video but Success depends on the actions or steps you take to achieve it. Building wealth involves developing good habits regularly putting money away in intervals for solid investments. Financial management is a crucial topic that most tend to shy away from, and ends up haunting them in the near future.., I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life!!

[@FernandoS.Robertson]

You're correct!! I make a lot of money without relying on the government, Investing in stocks and digital currencies is beneficial at this moment.

[@LanceScoggins-i8c]

Job will pay your bills, business make you rich but investment build and wealth long term, the future is coming.

[@SofiaVitali-w9h]

Life is easier when the cash keeps popping in, thanks to jeffery kathryn services. Glad she's getting the recognition she deserves

[@OrvilleM.Koster]

​@@SofiaVitali-w9hWow! Kind of in shock you mentioned expert, Jeffrey Kathryn What a coincidence!!

[@user-fq7kn9vw2q]

Thank you Lord Jesus for bringing expert Kathryn into my life and my family, $14,120.47 weekly profit Our lord Jesus have lifted up my Life!!!

[@ruben9618]

Stop sending all the money over seas.

[@grazzitdvram]

Only part of this I'd oppose is aid within in the hemisphere and I'd actually prefer if we'd set up trade like we used to have it, with our sweat shops being in central and south America instead of Asia

[@imzjustplayin]

We're not sending nearly as much aid overseas as is told in the media. Gifting weapons that are slated to be decommissioned anyway isn't the same as actually sending money overseas.

[@grazzitdvram]

@@imzjustplayin 100 abrams, over a thousand mraps and humvees, f 16's umm that himars system they just developped was totally out of date, patriot batteries, god only knows how much night vision and then all the fun maintenance gear to keep that shit running and of course the qualified advisors to work on it that are in no way representative of american ground forces participating in a war with russia anymore than our entire intelligence apparatus being used to direct the war in ukraine is representive of direct american action. Oh but you're talking about the artillery shells right, well don't you worry about that we already gave them our entire stockpile awhile ago and have been sending them what we make as we make it for quite some time, with a buffer for our own use of course. Don't worry about the fuel and planes to fly this shit back and forth either, that doesn't total up to millions of dollars worth of jet fuel every few days, nah our jets run off the principal that this fuel was old and would just need replaced anyway so its practically like its free. Nothing is free, especially when the government says it is and this idiocy in ukraine is likely to have a price beyond the dollars we spent. "Hello this vlad, just letting the world know we're up for selling off a 1000 nukes, send in your bids"

[@imzjustplayin]

@grazzitdvram I don't know the specifics but a lot of that equipment was set for decommissioning. That stuff is at least 30 years old.

[@grazzitdvram]

@@imzjustplayin yup alot of the munitions would eventually have been decomissioned by being used to train troops, or there are things like the cluster bombs we sent over there that we quit using because of the geneva convention against their use. Even the old tanks and Mraps, humves etc, their value is calculated by idiot math. Those humvees and mraps, I'm pretty sure you could sell those all day in the USA to just collectors let alone what the rest of the world would pay for them. and you know damn well there are nations rocking t-72's that would die for a 30 year old abrams. The idiot math is the result of government not caring if they get anything back on them, hell they don't even fight to get decent scrap iron prices. Government does care about money at all. Here here, I probably sound mean right now but its not meant to be directed at you, its the whole situation. Let me give you an example of what government considers worthless. All the shit we left in afghanistan 23 A 29, 43 md 530 helicopters, 7 ch 64's (cargo chopper), 70 mraps, 33 blackhawks, and about 60 other planes and helicopters. According to idiot math, it would have cost them more money to take them than they are worth..... the a-29's are brand new and cost 10 millon a pop. My favorite thing that the USA left in afghanistan, pallets of hundred dollar bills, like 10 of them just hundred dollar bills stacked up to about mid chest height, apparently that wasn't worth taking home either and god only knows why they thought they needed what had to be about a billion in cash on hand for anyway... it's all soo frustrating, but its the mentality that comes from just asking for money and being given it, they have zero concern about trying to recoup money on losses, its why we have billions of $ worth of planes parked in the fucking desert and spend billons to keep them semi ready to return to service... its sooo dumb...

[@Wlad-v2w]

I'm new to stock and crypto. I feel like I’ve missed out on good buying opportunities by investing at the wrong times. With a $450K yearly income, I'm considering putting my savings into the market. Do you think I should learn to invest myself or rely on a financial advisor? I'm getting frustrated trying to find the right coins on my own.

[@MablePauls]

Investing by yourself can be risky due to their complex strategies, high fees, and potential for significant losses. Without expert knowledge, it's challenging to fully assess the risks and returns, making professional guidance crucial.

[@Erikkurilla01]

I understand, it can be challenging with substantial savings and a high income. Learning to invest yourself offers control, but partnering with a financial advisor provides expert guidance, strategic diversification, and helps avoid mistakes. Starting with an advisor builds confidence.

[@AngellLevey]

How can one find a verifiable financial planner? I would not mind looking up the professional that helped you. Do you have any?

[@Erikkurilla01]

My CFA Julianne Iwersen Niemann, a renowned figure in her line of work. I recommend researching her credentials further. She has many years of experience and is a valuable resource for anyone looking to navigate the financial market.

[@AngellLevey]

Thank you for sharing, I must say, Julianne appears to be quite knowledgeable. After coming across her web page, I went through her resume and it was quite impressive.

[@Specialized1993]

6:50 What joe rogan says really scares me, thats exactly the point, if these people get fired they will actually have to go out into the world and perform like the rest of us. The thing that scares me is that its true, and these agency that are suppose to be for the good of this country are more like a parasite now and not a servant to the people of this country.

[@iviaverick52]

6:51 people who are so entrenched in government that they are incapable of contributing to a non-government job, are a waste of air and have failed themselves their entire life.

[@wing7368]

Agreed - commonsense is timeless

[@chazgriffin5582]

Hell anything's better than the last Administration

[@Newlinjim]

Calling that word salad an administration is being more than generous.

[@1LSWilliam]

Musk could not be more correct.

[@glennalexon1530]

The guy who bought Twitter for twice what it's worth is in charge of efficiency. Is he gonna rename USA to "Country X" in another genius move?

[@chris_favreau]

He could honestly accomplish the downsizing by attrition. Don't back fill all positions and transfer personnel to fill among agencies to fill the important jobs. Basically, no new outside hires and only promote/transition from within. The workforce would reduce drastically, relatively speaking, and no one would outright "lose" their job/career.

[@frotobaggins7169]

The backfill is likely part of union contract. To fix the problem you have to deal with the union problem. Unions and government get all their power and money from the volume of workers they have under them. Reduce the number of workers, you reduce the power and wealth of everyone above those workers. THAT is where the fight will be. Just look at that union boss from the dock workers living in his multi million dollar house, threatening to shut down America if he doesn't get a 75% increase. If you reduce his workforce by 80% that destroys his wealth and his power.

[@xanthromera]

Excellent idea.

[@321gates]

Elon wants this challenge so bad. People like him get bored easily, I believe. They have to have an endless supply of problem solving in front of them to be happy.

[@frotobaggins7169]

I think he just sees the HUGE problem that we all see and that government will not address.

[@James-oj8jk]

Well he has picked the right challenge! I fear the bureaucracy is like a 450 headed hydra, and I wish him luck

[@Grumpy-w8b]

Omg this man is just amazing ❤❤❤❤

[@paulb2092]

Do like the guy in Argentina did--Department of Culture GONE Department of Education GONE Department of . . . GONE.

[@CornPopPomade]

Javier Milei -Afuera

[@guybayes]

And single-handedly threw 20% of his population into poverty in a year

[@jasonderby7635]

argentinian economy GONE

[@okovarik3]

Yeah, because Argentina has great and healthy economics 😅😅

[@CornPopPomade]

These replies are misinformed or intentionally misleading and dishonest. Monthly inflation was 25% when Milei took office. He got it under 3% in less than a year. Argentina’s economy has been on a downward spiral for decades under Peronist rule. That’s why the people decided to try something different and elected Milei, an Austrian School economist who has taught economics at universities for 20 years. Despite an entrenched and uncooperative legislature, who tries to block most of his policies, he has managed to reverse the economic situation in less than a year in office. Even ideologically opposed media outlets admit that, so don’t lie.

[@jeffmarks6191]

Go get em Elon!!

[@The20ali20]

What Elon is describing is happening on every level and not just government. People are making decisions that benefits them either for financial reasons or incompetency or something in between and it cost the business and the company. Mistakes repeat and great ideas are often discarded.

[@mikeg3754]

I'll go ahead and throw this out there. Two years severance is a little bit of overkill. Start by offering early retirement and then start whacking positions and maybe 6-9 month severance. They've had it too easy for too long.

[@danielanthony8373]

Just say for example the Department of Education (created in 1979) you are no longer required

[@JJOHNSON-gb7qb]

“Running back couldn’t complete the pass”. Love Elon!!!

[@243wayne1]

Flea Flicker.

[@aakhthuu]

3:15 war cleaned up rules and regulations as well as the rich who state benefiting from them

[@i-said-that8539]

I can't wait to see the numbers actually change for the better. I break my back every day while I see many federal employees brag about their cushy jobs. Someone needs to correct laziness and basically hands outs! Best wishes to Elon :)

[@Megatron5012]

the goverment not just doesnt have the problem that it doesnt care about spending but usually the departments try to spend as much as possible to get the same amount or more money next year

[@JonKluska]

So true. I worked for my city's housing authority. If we actually made a profit, we'd see less funding from then on. Supposed to run sub par

[@imzjustplayin]

Fixing this issue would go a LONG way.

[@ahsin.shabbir]

it was like that even in college, you got a certain amount of funds for your club from the school, if you didn't use it, next year your funding was cut, so you basically ended up using it all unnecessarily. It was only a few thousand dollars so microscopic level of spending compared to the government.

[@johnsaville9210]

The largest and most wasteful bureaucracy is in the military-industrial complex. So many companies grift off government and they will definitely feel the impact

[@bubbaluv6487]

like tesla and space x, tesla got 1 billion in enviro credits last quarter dont present this as something other than grift by musk

[@asiseeit2041]

If you haven’t met the contract you don’t get paid. If 100 were supposed to be delivered by this date, and only 50 showed you only get half. Just example. So much could be done with just the intrest from monies with held from payment of delinquent contracts.

[@DOXO881]

Your second sentence contradicts the first. The military industrial complex mostly benefits private contractors, not bureaucrats, and won't be solved by Elon's "plan"

[@jimmanis6717]

@@DOXO881 You don't see the tens of thousands of people on government payroll in those procurement and evaluation departments. Like Boeing sold us a soap dispenser for like 120k when a bar of soap does the same thing and meets the same durability, temperature etc. requirements. The funny part is that's not the worst, it just made headlines.

[@DOXO881]

@@jimmanis6717 The problem there is not so much lack of technical competence among the rank-and-file civil servants but rather military-industrial lobbying power which can extract large contracts through collusion, quid pro quo, and revolving door networks.

[@rrussell9731]

6:45 💯 A lot of government employees have never worked in the free market.

[@Sauronthedeciever_]

As 20+ year professional in the private sector I can tell you that the government is more efficient in many ways than the private sector

[@Kevin-g5b]

Elon is perfect for this job. The government has never been efficient because they don't have to. No businesses could continue to run with a 35 trillion dollar deficit. Elon cut 80% of the Twitter staff and eliminated 2 of 3 of their server farms, and it still works. Why do we have a federal school board, state school boards, and almost every school district within each state has a school board. It obviously doesn't help the quality of education. Federal law enforcement, FBI, ATF, Home land Security, Secret Service, Border Patrol, US Marshall's, ICE, US Park Police, Fish and Game, and many more Can some be combined? And we also have State, county, city and town police departments. The government needs to run more like a private sector business.

[@HifeMan]

He also lost a lot of advertising and the bots got even worse. The site was a mess and now it’s an even bigger mess.

[@HifeMan]

You seriously underestimate how much goes into all of those agencies. Some more than others but piling more work on less people will just make the whole process more complicated and slow to get anything done. Btw a quick google search can inform you on what the federal board of education does, not rocket science.

[@Flash3-22]

He lost money on Twitter. Sounds like a great tax write off.

[@martinogold]

​@@Flash3-22 Except he can't actually do that.

[@gregoryjames7976]

I was at a company for 25 years when they sold the division. Forced severance was 2 weeks pay for every year of service up to 6 months total.

[@jl5464]

now imagine a government severance package, along with a pension and benefits. those government workers will be just fine, especially when many of them will just get early retirement.

[@asiseeit2041]

That’s good severance right? Or was a pension lost?

[@nyhmingreen6459]

@@jl5464only those who have worked longer than 10 years receive a pension worth living off of, under 10 years and your looking at sub 700$ a month I don’t disagree but maybe there should different rules for those who have worked 8 years vs those who have worked 25-30 years?

[@nutbastard]

@@jl5464I'm willing to swallow that pill for the long term benefits of reducing year over year spending. Besides, those who end up cashing out will be just as productive doing nothing as they are doing what they do now, which is also nothing.

[@frotobaggins7169]

@@jl5464 When my dad worked for the state, his boss was a 40 year employee. She stopped getting longevity benefits at 30 years, but just kept on sucking up space. She didn't even know how to do her own job. He also told me that Joe Biden's nephew worked in his office for a few years. He was face down passed out drunk every day by noon. But they couldn't get rid of him. There has to be tens of thousands of cases like this.

[@MarkElson-u7p]

In the UK in 80's the British government sold the national water companies to the private sector and 45 years later our rates are much higher, billions of pounds have been syphoned out of the system and ended up in the bank accounts of executives and share holders. They've done next to no upgrading of the infrastructure and as a result the whole system is in dire need of billions of investment, which we the consumer will have to pay for (again). The execs are millionaires and we've got shit in our drinking water. Some things shouldn't be run for profit but as a core public service, health, education and core public services.This isn't communism, its common sense.

[@russianbot4418]

As a small business owner, I already see that issue where no matter what I do., I am breaking a law of one sort or another.

[@Newlinjim]

In which case the government is the true business owner.

[@oxonomy2372]

Can you give an example?

[@russianbot4418]

@@oxonomy2372 I work in the greater recycling industry with non-hazardous waste. The new rules require me to treat it like hazardous waste, including protocols that are impossible to implement and have zero relevance to the handling of nonhazardous materials of any sort because it's, by their own definitions, nonhazardous waste.

[@russianbot4418]

@@oxonomy2372 If I treat it as hazardous waste, it's a violation of my permitting and business licensing plus insurance and everything else. If I treat it as nonhazardous, as it is defined by them, I am in violation of now not treating it as hazardous. It just gets stupider from here.

[@oxonomy2372]

@@russianbot4418 thanks 👍

[@javier.alvarez764]

He would fire a lot of people lol. But it is necessary sacrifice if we want an efficient government.

[@Jcombetta]

Us good citizens are behind you all the way Elon

[@Stevo-pn9iy]

We need this in the uk

[@Lolaandcassidyadventures]

Our government is the nations largest employer. That’s a problem….

[@321gates]

Been saying this for years. No reasonable excuse can be made that fact either.

[@sniper100]

with Trump putting import tarrifs 100% and more, soon you will need more people to work and produce locally, time will tell

[@kaspan5]

How is that a problem? Its an entire country, and one of the largest in the world. Tell me, who should be the country's largest employer?

[@_aweshit]

@@kaspan5because the government is not meant to be the employer but the governing body.

[@deanrotering879]

Agree

[@Lovewins99]

Oh my god this man is brilliant ❤

[@Rope_Adope]

Weird that in times of war, all those regulations are pushed aside. But in times of peace, they create more rules. Why? So ironic

[@Lucalikesstuff]

It's natural. In times of war, you need to get things done fast and efficiently or you potentially lose due to being underprepared or under resourced. That forces the government to clear out or bypass inefficient regulations. In times of peace, that pressure doesn't exist so as regulators try to solve problems, more and more regulations accumulate. The problem is that new regulations are often implemented without considering their impact on the whole system or what other, similar regulations exist. As the system gets more and more complex, it gets harder and harder to see the big picture (and harder and harder to get things done). It's going to take someone like Elon who is good at looking at the whole picture to figure what is useful and what isn't to fix such a massive tangle, tbh.

[@frotobaggins7169]

Exactly, if we have learned anything from the democrats it is that you can just ignore any law, rule or policy you disagree with and force someone else to sue you in to compliance. Just like they did with illegal immigration, sanctuary cities, defunding the police and all their other non sense.

[@Domn879]

Only if you don’t know what irony is.

[@Rope_Adope]

@@Lucalikesstuff RoE exists for a reason. Yall want the ends to justify the means you’ll end up tyrants

[@Rope_Adope]

@@Lucalikesstuff My point is if We can operate efficiently during the chaos of war, We should also be able to during times of peace. It’s like the politicians need to justify their own existence or something and all too quick to ABANDON The People and their RESPONSIBILITIES toward them when convenient

[@jamricsloe]

Government does have competition. They’re called other governments!

[@Newlinjim]

They all have Central Banks with printing presses. That puts them above the consequences of their actions while enslaving the private sector.

[@neverforget6063]

Thank god for Elon ! We need more people who are looking out for America and not themselves

[@swingtag1041]

Almost everybody I know who works for the government hates their job and hates their coworkers. This is probably the most humane thing that you can do for them. Set them free from that which they hate.

[@Newlinjim]

Victim mentality hates everything but their paycheck.

[@daywalker1978ab]

Create a new agency to reduce agencies. Love it

[@joseallende5418]

Yeah but if he starts closing other agencies, there will be no difference. I’m from Argentina and we had 18 Secretaries, some such as Women Ministery (which didn’t really helped). Milei’s government closed and now we have 8, one that is the Ministery of State Deregulation. And it’s whole purpose is to make the government more efficient. In fact Elon Musk is talking with the person in charge to replicate it in the US

[@hoonhwang4778]

Sounds like ministries of love, peace, and truth. Verily lovefull, verily lovefull, indeed comma period🫡

[@lb6774]

Elon will do a good job … He will make you proud

[@DOXO881]

As usual, Elon underestimates the legal and administrative processes that would have to be undertaken to implement his plan. Proving that a gov agency is ineffective / inefficient is not a trivial task. And then to fire a bunch of federal employees and prepare severance packages? Elon will waste more money than he saves, guaranteed.

[@joseallende5418]

​@@DOXO881 I dont know how it works in the US but you make an expense audit. Here in Argentina thats how they are reducing the state. But it can be easier. For example, here we had the Ministery of Women, which was supposed to help reducing the amount of women who suffer violence. The thing is, years after it was created, the amount of women suffering from domestic abuse actually increased. So clearly it was spending money without any result. So they just closed it from day one. There are many ways to cut government spending and bureaucracy. You also need a very deep knowledge of the law. They also said that it was impposible cutting government spending and bureaucracy here, but the government is achieving it from day one. We had a 15% deficit of the GDP. And Argentina was one of the most regulated countries in the world (And every month we have less and less spending and bureaucracy) And for what I understand, Elon Musk is actually talking with the guy in charge of the same task here in Argentina.

[@tylerwinkle323]

"I'll probably need to beef up security" - elon musk wins understatement of the century

[@alkiou3613]

I am all about D.O.G.E.

[@willpsychmajor3104]

you are brown nosing an autistic billionaire with 23 federal cases

[@michiganmikeupnorth]

Seems like a gpod idea to me.

[@Mysterio-Solar]

I think Elon called it DOGE because he didn't want to call it DODGE ( Department Of Defunding and Government Efficiency ) , and Get sued by a Car Company . 😂

[@M0EJ0EKING]

7000th hour of Joe Rogan Figuring out how time works for others.

[@charlesmiller6281]

"Institutionalized". Like Red in Shawshank.

[@JS-th2ev]

This comes from people who have never worked in government. A lot of regulations are in place because of contractors taking advantage. It may seem useless but was put in place for a reason.

[@kbmckim9365]

Or government agencies creating more regulations to justify their job.

[@JS-th2ev]

@kbmckim9365 Usually, regulations are part of policies made by the administration.