The sad part here is that while the NIH source thinks that Elon Musk is lying when he asks what someone is talking about re the credit card freeze impairing cancer research, there's a good chance that he legitimately doesn't know. He's not as smart as he and a lot of other people have been made to believe.
The sad part here is that while the NIH source thinks that Elon Musk is lying when he asks what someone is talking about re the credit card freeze impairing cancer research, there's a good chance that he legitimately doesn't know. He's not as smart as he and a lot of other people have been made to believe.
This is an important point . Neither Musk or his “tech people” fully understand any of the intricacies of government agencies and what and how they accomplish.
I have seen no evidence proffered of waste and/or fraud. The perception of inefficiency or laziness or fraud or waste has been largely achieved just by pronouncing it over and over and over. WTF The 2million or so government employees are not alone. About 2/3 of the work of government is done by “private contractors “. The level of government employment is about the same as it was in the 1960’s . This despite the enormous increase in population. The 75,000 workers who opted for the “deferred retirement “ is about the normal amount of retirement. The government work force is aging out. About 30% are nearing retirement.
Musk & Co want to destroy government, not reform it. Sweeping away democratic government opens the way to the authoritarian rule they want to establish.
And get a few more government contracts. Like having what appears in the works: FAA considering canceling Verizon to give the contract to Musk after his criticisms.
Musk has the emotional maturity of a naughty boy caught breaking all the toys in the playroom who got in big trouble for doing so, and rather than feeling bad, decided that someday he was going to be so powerful that he could break whatever he wanted and no one could stop him.
So we have an emotional preschooler just daring the rest of us to stop him from breaking everything with no more appreciation for the people he's hurting than that naughty child had for other kids who wanted to play with those toys.
I used to think Trump was operating as if he were Anthony Fremont from The Twilight Zone's "It's a Good Life," episode, but now I'm more convinced that it's Musk in that role. That episode was amusing and disturbing on TV. It's much more disturbing in real life. Musk has complete power and since his position is not spelled out in the Constitution, we can't seem to imagine how to stop him. He really is our very own "Anthony Fremont."
The sad part here is that while the NIH source thinks that Elon Musk is lying when he asks what someone is talking about re the credit card freeze impairing cancer research, there's a good chance that he legitimately doesn't know. He's not as smart as he and a lot of other people have been made to believe.
This is an important point . Neither Musk or his “tech people” fully understand any of the intricacies of government agencies and what and how they accomplish.
I have seen no evidence proffered of waste and/or fraud. The perception of inefficiency or laziness or fraud or waste has been largely achieved just by pronouncing it over and over and over. WTF The 2million or so government employees are not alone. About 2/3 of the work of government is done by “private contractors “. The level of government employment is about the same as it was in the 1960’s . This despite the enormous increase in population. The 75,000 workers who opted for the “deferred retirement “ is about the normal amount of retirement. The government work force is aging out. About 30% are nearing retirement.
Musk & Co want to destroy government, not reform it. Sweeping away democratic government opens the way to the authoritarian rule they want to establish.
Perhaps under a Stockholm-like theory that people will be desperate for stability and the chaos to stop and embrace them.
I have bad news for them. 92% of victims don’t succumb.
It is hard to analyze anything while you take a chainsaw to it.
"Neither Musk or his 'tech people' fully understand" -- I'd omit the word "fully".
Elon Musk does no care if he's "wrong"--his intention is to disrupt (and ruin) the systems.
And get a few more government contracts. Like having what appears in the works: FAA considering canceling Verizon to give the contract to Musk after his criticisms.
Musk has the emotional maturity of a naughty boy caught breaking all the toys in the playroom who got in big trouble for doing so, and rather than feeling bad, decided that someday he was going to be so powerful that he could break whatever he wanted and no one could stop him.
So we have an emotional preschooler just daring the rest of us to stop him from breaking everything with no more appreciation for the people he's hurting than that naughty child had for other kids who wanted to play with those toys.
I used to think Trump was operating as if he were Anthony Fremont from The Twilight Zone's "It's a Good Life," episode, but now I'm more convinced that it's Musk in that role. That episode was amusing and disturbing on TV. It's much more disturbing in real life. Musk has complete power and since his position is not spelled out in the Constitution, we can't seem to imagine how to stop him. He really is our very own "Anthony Fremont."