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If he at the very least fires as many useless employees as he did at twitter within our government. Then we should all be thankful, because it is a job that absolutely needs to be done. This is coming from someone who is not a fan of the elon by a longshot either. Don't trust him.

However, I'm more looking forward to his team up with Ron Paul. With him at his side the layoffs will be glorious. Maybe we won't be taxed into oblivion anymore. As well as have a normal sized government that might actually start doing something positive for once. Instead of robbing us all into endless debt slavery.

rabble 1y ago

The US government is actually on the smaller end of things in comparison with to other countries. Sure places like India and Afghanistan have smaller governments but they also have a lot of dysfunction.

Country Government Spending (% of GDP)

France 57.0%

Finland 55.6%

Italy 53.8%

Belgium 53.3%

Austria 52.7%

Greece 50.5%

Germany 48.4%

Spain 45.4%

United Kingdom 44.5%

United States 34.4%

Australia 26.8%

Ireland 22.7%

India 14.9%

Source: Trading Economics, Government Spending to GDP by Country

https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/government-spending-to-gdp

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zeph 1y ago

Indeed. Still, wicked problems even at that level.

I have a close relation who went through the National War College recently in preparation for higher leadership at the Pentagon, and much of the discussion during that time regarded the risks at home and around the world due to unsustainably of financial situation, which gets discussed here ad nauseum—and of course is especially rich coming out of the Pentagon, but they certainly aren’t unaware.

Dan 1y ago

We can do so much better.

BitTiger 1y ago

Trying to convince me that a 400lb uncle Sam with neck rolls isn't that big, because there are other people in Walmart over 500 pounds. Isn't exactly the ideal way to convince the USA that uncle sam wouldnt be healthier if he lost 75% of his morbidly obese excess fat.