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2024-09-07 Home Front: Politix

Trump says he will tap Elon Musk to lead government efficiency commission if elected

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Posted by trailing wife 2024-09-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 The guy who fired 80% of twitter employees?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-09-07 02:41|| 2024-09-07 02:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Over 50% of Fed employees in the DC area are still working from home with little documentation of actually working. Same for ex twitter staff.

Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2024-09-07 08:59|| 2024-09-07 08:59|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm sure he has the time to spare that this Augean task would take

Posted by Mercutio 2024-09-07 09:27|| 2024-09-07 09:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Holman Jenkins (WSJ editorial writer) wrote a column during the Clinton years. The title was something like 'Don't reinvent government - just get rid of some of it.'

At this point Trump should just fire as many people as he possibly can on day one, and then keep going, say fire everyone at the DOJ on day two to set the tone. I don't like this 'commission' bullshit at all.

Posted by Raj 2024-09-07 10:02|| 2024-09-07 10:02|| Front Page Top

#5 If the government entity or program didn't exist before 1970, end it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-09-07 10:33|| 2024-09-07 10:33|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ so keep all the New Deal stuff still hanging around?

Posted by Mercutio 2024-09-07 11:18|| 2024-09-07 11:18|| Front Page Top

#7 You can't do it all at once.

Start with 1970, then go back to 1930 NOW figure out how much of ww2 crap we need to keep see NASA and the rest of them.

Posted by alanc 2024-09-07 14:38|| 2024-09-07 14:38|| Front Page Top

#8 politicians create gov't additions to shift the blame. did we really need homeland security? alas
so also goes trump.

Posted by irish rage boy 2024-09-07 16:17|| 2024-09-07 16:17|| Front Page Top

#9 Tell every department to provide a list of half their department for layoffs and then fire the leaders and the other half of the department.

Posted by ruprecht 2024-09-07 21:30|| 2024-09-07 21:30|| Front Page Top

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