Summary

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s new “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) began recruiting “high-IQ small-government revolutionaries” willing to work 80+ hours per week with no pay to help slash federal spending.

Appointed by President-elect Donald Trump, the panel is tasked with recommending spending cuts, regulatory rollbacks, and agency restructuring by July 4, 2026.

Musk and Ramaswamy advocate for drastic measures, including cutting grants to nonprofits and potential mass layoffs.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    As a hypothetical sure…

    But we broke fossil fuel production records under trump, we broke them under Biden, and there’s no reason to think trump won’t break them again.

    For fucks sake, they had both of the only two options be pro-fracking this time…

    Billion dollar fossil fuel corporations don’t have to worry, they already bought both parties. And have been lobbying trump to leave Biden’s “signature climate change legislation” intact, because it makes them a bunch of money and comes with zero negatives.

    So as a hypothetical you’re example would fit.

    Except no one is doing this but currently:

    the government is spending time and money on regulating (fossil fuels)

    • TehWorld@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      Right, but stick with me here… what if they could make MORE money? All they need to do is stop requiring them to clean out the lead in the toxic waste that they dump on their worker’s towns and the owners can put that money into another vacation house.