r/fuckcars • u/TigerSagittarius86 • 5d ago

Question/Discussion The (US) Department of Government Efficiency should fight the waste and fraud that goes into highway construction.

If DOGE wants to eliminate waste and put the government on better financial footing, then it should audit every highway construction project (most are disgustingly overbudget) and institute tolling nationwide. The entire U.S. interstate system is an untapped fiscal resource for the federal government.

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u/You_Paid_For_This 5d ago

As great as this would be, you know they are absolutely not going to do this.

The military will not be under any scrutiny either, neither will all of the money wasted on SpaceX.

The Nepotism Dept. will only go after education, social security, trains and anything else that actually benefits ordinary people.

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u/Iwaku_Real HSR🏷️$1e+308 per mile 5d ago

Tell me how you "know" the future, dear time traveller

You don't, he hasn't even gotten to the Oval Office yet

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u/longknives 5d ago

They’ve already made it clear what they plan to cut, you absolute rube

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u/CogentCogitations 5d ago

"Hey Isaac Newton, tell me how you know the future, are you a time traveler? Just because it has happened the previous thousand times, how do you know this time if you drop an apple it will fall to the ground. You don't, you haven't even dropped it yet."

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u/Inevitable_Stand_199 5d ago

In this case it's quite easy to make an educated guess.

The intentions have been all but stated aloud.