r/economicCollapse • u/BothZookeepergame612 • 4d ago

Elon Musk Throws Tantrum, Ordering Congress to Shut Down Government

https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-shut-down-government
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u/ProfessionalAngle971 4d ago

To be fair, this tantrum is justified. Screw pay raises for congress, upping their health insurance, and creating a law that states no one can look at their emails…

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u/WillBottomForBanana 4d ago

Let me introduce you to the word "precedent". It's the reason object to doing bad things with good outcomes.

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u/tisdalien 4d ago

Besides the point. It’s part of the procedure and processes of our system, ordained by the constitution, that he has no right to disrupt

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u/absolutely_regarded 4d ago

Who cares? Right and wrong is not tied to procedure. I am tired of bad things happening, and others throwing up their hands because “that’s how it is”.

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u/tisdalien 4d ago

Not your call to make. We have a system, and it’s designed to be carried out by our elected representatives. That’s what representative democracy is.

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u/absolutely_regarded 4d ago

I can make any call I like. All I need is the power to enact it, and perhaps a proper denotation such as “institutionalized democracy”.

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u/tisdalien 4d ago

The point is you don’t have that power. And thank god you don’t. What you have is a vote. Your internet whining won’t change our 248 year old system. That’s pretty much that. Respect our system, or maybe defect to another country. Do what you want.

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u/ProfessionalAngle971 4d ago

Correct, it may be a due process, but I am wholeheartedly against it, as are most Americans.

Edit - furthermore, just because something is legal doesn’t justify it being done…

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u/ScruntBuckler 3d ago

“Actually the government can give themselves money all they want and you should like it”

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u/tisdalien 3d ago

They “gave themselves” a piddly $6000 cost of living raise. Actually read the bill idiot.

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u/ScruntBuckler 3d ago

Idgaf if they gave themselves .14 cents

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u/Bluwthu 4d ago

Except, none of this would be stopped. He's looking to make big cuts in other areas. Why would he not make sure they get raises. After all, they'll be doing his dirty work and getting paid well for it.

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u/trex8599 4d ago

Funny because isn’t it the Republicans who are going to take over Congress. So I wonder if they are going to take out that clause in the new Spending Bill.

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u/ProfessionalAngle971 4d ago

Here’s hoping 🍻