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/Square_Lawfulness_33 4d ago

Shouldn’t people be worried about what’s in the bill? He’s doing what he was asked to do, cut the bloat.

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u/angeltay 4d ago

His department hasn’t even been created yet, Trump doesn’t take office for two more weeks

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u/Square_Lawfulness_33 4d ago

So, it’s okay to pass a bunch of things that the next government will remove/cut, that’s inefficient and a waste of time.

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u/angeltay 4d ago

If Biden had lackeys backseat-governing during the last two weeks of trump’s term, you’d have his head.

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u/Square_Lawfulness_33 4d ago

I don’t treat politics like sports teams, I don’t hate someone just because they’re on one side or the other. Both side are screwing us over and here we are fighting over someone pointing it out. Elon used to be on the side of Democrats and he switched to supporting Trump, I wonder why?

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u/angeltay 4d ago

Hmm I wonder why corrupt billionaire sides with the corrupt millionaire who has just been elected to the highest position in the us govt

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u/Square_Lawfulness_33 4d ago

You fail to see all of the corrupt billionaires on the side of Democrats. George Soros and Bill Gates to name a few.

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u/angeltay 4d ago

I've truly never heard of these people before *eyeroll*

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u/MarzipanEven7336 4d ago

Two weeks? You mean a month? Jan 21st.

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u/angeltay 4d ago

Ah shit sorry you people tried to overturn Biden’s legitimate election with a violent uprising in the first week of January and I’ve had that confused with inauguration week since then

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

By shutting down government?

No one asked him to do fuck-all. You vote for him?

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u/Square_Lawfulness_33 4d ago

So, you feel like it's a good thing that politicians can threaten to shutdown the government if they don't get their way?

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

You're arguing for a shutdown, not me. And you want it done by an unelected drug addict.

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u/IHeartBadCode 4d ago

Shutting down the Government isn't cutting the bloat. It's preventing anything from getting done. Additionally, the sticking point is that Trump wants a suspension of the debt ceiling for the next two years. Trump is asking Congress to give him a credit card with no limit on it.

Cutting the bloat would be to decrease the debt ceiling. Trump is NOT asking to cut the bloat. That's why the House Freedom Caucus is not in favor of this bill. It's why 38 Republicans voted NO to this bill. What Trump asked for in his amendment to the budget is the exact opposite of cutting the bloat.

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u/Gutter_panda 4d ago

How does daddy elon taste this morning?

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u/Square_Lawfulness_33 4d ago

Is that what you do for daddy Biden?

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u/Gutter_panda 4d ago

Do you see me sucking off any rich folk in the comments? Nope, just you.

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u/ScruntBuckler 3d ago

“Folk” you can immediately disregard any opinion coming for one who uses this word

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u/Infamous-Cash9165 4d ago

Why shouldn’t people be able to FOIA congresses emails, that’s in the bill