I want to believe these changes can be positive, but the people in charge of enacting them have done nothing but disabuse me of trust and good faith.
My take exactly. It makes the takes around Yarvin's Dark Enlightenment seem like their real motive.
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The question was raised here 24 hours ago .. and [flagged][dead] fairly rapidly. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42957495 Which was unfortunate as I asked for technical comments on the wisdom of moving fast and breaking things when applied to a million humans aloft at any moment.
That's a shame. A lot of people seem to respect a man whose family has been old money for a long time, thinking he is somehow self made.
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#244More discussion: The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42910910
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Aye, but comptency is also not proven.
I'd prefer our secure and important systems be handled appropriately and by those who have proven themselves consistent and loyal to the Constitution.
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Something like USAID is established by statute (The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961). It cannot be eliminated or gutted by executive order. Sidestepping this, which is happening left and right currently, is democracy failing.
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Technically this was superseded and USAID was legally established by statute in the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 [1]. Perhaps you forgot to take notes when that happened.
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#246What we're seeing happen in the downsizing area is mostly from the Project 2025 policy manual.[1] The just-confirmed head of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, was one of the major authors of Project 2025. It's worth reading that, at least the key sections. Trump has insisted that Project 2025 is not his policy, but what's happening is close to the manual. The Project 2025 people couldn't agree on t…
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#247Honest question for Americans. What do you think the federal government is doing to make you "poorer" that deserves dismantling the government. US income tax is generally lower than other advanced economies. Housing and medical insurance is mainly a state issue.
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High levels of government debt aren't exactly unique to America, however, America has the unique ability to issue it's own reserve currency that other countries will absolutely buy.
Also isn't by far the number one government spending item the military? Why aren't they starting there?
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The voters chose it. Those that voted against it lost. The courts have superpowered the executive and he is taking full advantage of it. The system is working as designed.
You had me until "The system is working as designed." The system is most definitely not working as designed, primarily because Congress has completely abdicated their congressional duty as a co-equal branch of government. Their are good congressional reasons why high-level advisors to the president need to be approved by the Senate. The fact that Musk and his cabal are doing an end run around this congressional requi…
> Congress has completely abdicated their congressional duty as a co-equal branch of government
The voters also elected people to Congress that are aligned with his agenda, so they are allowing him to do what he wants.
> The fact that Musk and his cabal are doing an end run around this congressional requirement by posing as some sort of "special government employee" or whatever is laughable.
A judge just signed off on it so it seems to be legal.
> that is completely contrary to the "power of the purse" that is the purview of Congress.
They are choosing not to exercise that power.
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You had me until "The system is working as designed." The system is most definitely not working as designed, primarily because Congress has completely abdicated their congressional duty as a co-equal branch of government. Their are good congressional reasons why high-level advisors to the president need to be approved by the Senate. The fact that Musk and his cabal are doing an end run around this congressional requi…
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What frauds are you referring to?
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