(American Political Report)—In a recent interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier, President Donald Trump announced plans to direct Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), to audit the Departments of Education and Defense. Trump anticipates uncovering “billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse” within these agencies.
Appointed by Trump, Musk leads DOGE with a mandate to reduce federal spending by $2 trillion. The president praised Musk’s efforts in curbing government expenditures. more
Newsflash – its the GOVERNMENT involvement that is the issue. You can’t fix that with more government intervention…no matter how good-hearted.
@MrLiberty – Fully agree that edumucation should be decided at the local level by the states, or better yet by fully privatizing the school system.
But, the military must be part of the government unfortunately, but military spending must be focused on creating the best fighting force in the world – not focused on giving grift to military industrical complex investors or DEI, to be sure.
Pro tip: Look into states, counties and local jurisdictions that are most upset about looking into and exposing this and you will find that it has been going on there to a far greater degree than in government in general. I guarandamntee it. A thorough and extensive audit of California, Oregon, Washington State is long overdue and if/when it happens what will be exposed is that the revenues were three to five times what is needed to deliver everything that they have any legitimate claim to be uniquely able to provide and have ANY legitimate business involved in any way, shape or form in.
Fullmetal – plenty of great books detailing the private provision of defense. Central planning fails, and nobody has failed more miserably than the US Government. Do YOU feel safer with them in charge of “defense?” Seriously?
wonder if they include subscriptions to NPR
We have a false sense of expectations for our air travel, road travel (bridges, roads) and sea travel. We have put way too much trust in powerful entities we use daily. I am happy to see all that is coming to light now.
I fucking hate Libertarians. And here’s a good example of why.
“Fullmetal – plenty of great books detailing the private provision of defense. Central planning fails, and nobody has failed more miserably than the US Government. Do YOU feel safer with them in charge of “defense?” Seriously?”
Just curious, who would you prefer in charge of “Defense”. Meaning the U.S. Military. Here’s the HaHa part. What or whom is your alternative? Just asking dumb shit. Whom do we slide into that roll? Boy Scouts of America? I need an answer.