Law Don't worry guys, Elon is going to police himself

[badascan]

Whiney TDS'ers gonna whine... If the guy commits crimes or performs unethically then we punish him severely, why not that? Why cry about and promote hypotheticals as if they're reality? Of course corruption is possible, it's what we elected Trump to deal with and obviously what's being dealt with... The insane waste and corruption most of us always knew was out of control is being found out and stopped, where is the evidence Elon is stealing or lying or conniving in his efforts to core out the infection? No one wants Elon to fleece The US taxpayers... We've been relatively powerless to address the astronomical corruption from the scum politicians for decades but now we have a chance...

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Whiney TDS'ers gonna whine... If the guy commits crimes or performs unethically then we punish him severely, why not that? Why cry about and promote hypotheticals as if they're reality? Of course corruption is possible, it's what we elected Trump to deal with and obviously what's being dealt with... The insane waste and corruption most of us always knew was out of control is being found out and stopped, where is the evidence Elon is stealing or lying or conniving in his efforts to core out the infection? No one wants Elon to fleece The US taxpayers... We've been relatively powerless to address the astronomical corruption from the scum politicians for decades but now we have a chance...

It'd be fine if someone was checking if he had conflicts of interest rather than trusting him to do it himself.

 

[badascan]

It'd be fine if someone was checking if he had conflicts of interest rather than trusting him to do it himself.

Of course there will be receipts and paper trails as evidence one way or another. Elon absolutely should be observed and checked but if we expect the same anchors to weigh him down who have prevented any accounting of their corruption in the past then we get the same shit we've always gotten, it's time to release the kraken (a phrase I just came up with)...

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Of course there will be receipts and paper trails as evidence one way or another. Elon absolutely should be observed and checked but if we expect the same anchors to weigh him down who have prevented any accounting of their corruption in the past then we get the same shit we've always gotten, it's time to release the kraken (a phrase I just came up with)...

I'm all for oversight. I just think you would find that there are significant amounts of corruption on both sides of the aisle.

 

[Source]

The righties here once again prove they just don’t care about right and wrong as long as it’s “their team”. Deny, deflect, repeat.

 

[BFoe]

Was Soros doing the same shit Elon is doing now? Please refresh my memory? I don't remember there being this much transparency when robber baron Soros was doing his thing

Transparency? There are all sorts of federal laws about transparency that DOGE is violating. We’re supposed to have publicly available reports on their hiring practices, meetings, exactly what they are doing, etc. none of that is happening.

What Musk is doing is way worse than people like Soros or the Kochs. They just donated to causes to try and get a certain result; Elon is taking direct control of things he has no legal authority to control, and then violating federal transparency laws on what he’s doing.

 

[chardog]

How disingenuous of you to ignore conflicts of interest

there was a big executive order that got no attention from musk, the electric vehicle mandate being dissolved. If he fought that, you can claim the moral high ground, he didnt, despite producing the finest in EV's.

Biden pardoned hunter, too soon to be throwing "concerns"

 

[rearnakedchoke]

Musk is the defacto president at this point. He is running the show. Trump really doesn’t have anyway of getting rid of him. Musk and Don know this. It’s quite comical actually. Thinking the richest man in the world isn’t going to get power hungry over having this much leverage over trump. Trump will start making crazier promises like his gaza takeover to try and make it seem like he has the power.

 

[chardog]

It'd be fine if someone was checking if he had conflicts of interest rather than trusting him to do it himself.

he could have been in trumps ear and told him to leave the EV mandate in place. Elon is the biggest EV producer in america by a wide margin, Trump got rid of it anyway.

 

[SKYNET]

They (Soros) just donated to causes to try and get a certain result;

Thanks, agreed this is not the same situation when Soros was involved as the other poster mentioned

 

[BFoe]

Whiney TDS'ers gonna whine... If the guy commits crimes or performs unethically then we punish him severely, why not that? Why cry about and promote hypotheticals as if they're reality? Of course corruption is possible, it's what we elected Trump to deal with and obviously what's being dealt with... The insane waste and corruption most of us always knew was out of control is being found out and stopped, where is the evidence Elon is stealing or lying or conniving in his efforts to core out the infection? No one wants Elon to fleece The US taxpayers... We've been relatively powerless to address the astronomical corruption from the scum politicians for decades but now we have a chance...

He’s already committing crimes. Trump committed crimes by not signing the Ethics Pledge, he committed crimes when he unilaterally froze congressionally approved spending, he committed crimes in the way he formed the DOGE and both Trump and Musk are committing crimes by not following federal transparency laws ..

Are you outraged? Are we going to take action? Of course the answers to that are No, and No. if you actually have a shit about Trump committing crimes he’d be in court facing one of his outstanding 60+ felony counts instead of being protected from prosecution because he’s in the White House.

 

[BFoe]

Thanks, agreed this is not the same situation when Soros was involved as the other poster mentioned

Musk is way worse, you are right.

 

[SKYNET]

Musk is way worse

That's your opinion and I respect it

 

[ChosenOne]

You can mark my words down now.

ON the back side of this suddenly we will see X (Twitter) with a great store house of some of the most valuable data that can be sold to Corporations.

The one reason Twitter suffered for profitability compared to Facebook and Google was the nature of Tweet data was not specific enough that corporations wanted to buy it. Whereas a corporation could pay FB or Google to give them lists of people 'searching for washing machine repair (XYZ?) in the last 30, 60, 90 days' and they would pay up big for that very specific data, Tweets generally were a poor source for that.

The gov't has some of the biggest repositories of data and much of it like 'payment info' is very specific and immensely valuable.

So on the back side of this at some point later, we will hear how X has suddenly this immense and valuable data and is now more profitable than FB.

Bet on it!

 

[DoctorTaco]

You sure ? I didn't bring up Soros. You aren't getting emotional/irrational on me are you Doc?

It was the second word in your post, silly.

 

[I Am Legion]

In fiscal year 2023, over $100 billion in improper payments were made in the Medicare and Medicaid programs12. The U.S. Government Accountability Office estimated $51.5 billion in improper payments for Medicare and $21 billion for Medicaid

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been actively investigating wasteful spending in the federal government. They have identified issues such as payment approval processes at the Treasury, where payments were approved even to known fraudulent groups1. Additionally, DOGE has highlighted that targeting waste in the Department of Defense could save taxpayers over $60 billion annually2. Their efforts aim to cut unnecessary expenditures and improve government efficiency4.


The people that are against this are the same people that want Trans Women in women's sports. Just take a retarded take on everything.

 

[badascan]

I'm all for oversight. I just think you would find that there are significant amounts of corruption on both sides of the aisle.

Is this a partisan issue?

 

[DoctorTaco]

whine... If the guy commits crimes or performs unethically then we punish him severely, why not that

The rights track record for punishing their own is spotty at best. Besides, it’s already illegal for college kids with no security clearance or background checks to access the info they have,

 

[wlu.29]

Whatever, cry more.

Who's crying? Calling a spade a spade.

 

[badascan]

He’s already committing crimes. Trump committed crimes by not signing the Ethics Pledge, he committed crimes when he unilaterally froze congressionally approved spending, he committed crimes in the way he formed the DOGE and both Trump and Musk are committing crimes by not following federal transparency laws ..

Are you outraged? Are we going to take action? Of course the answers to that are No, and No. if you actually have a shit about Trump committing crimes he’d be in court facing one of his outstanding 60+ felony counts instead of being protected from prosecution because he’s in the White House.

Nonsense... Unfortunately you can't be taken seriously for obvious reasons. If the boys didn't cry wolf and had some semblance of decency or objectivity maybe their cries would now be more weighty and I wish they were as it's important to observe these things from different angles so we can see past our own blinders... There is potential for abuse here, let's see what happens. I'm optimistic and not one (*on) board with corruption.

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