> I have no doubt that it can be cut down by 50% without adversely affecting anything long term.
Is this percentage based on anything more than vibes? Does it matter to you which eggs get broken and do you agree with the methods being employed to choose/break them? And sorry for all the questions but how do you feel about the conflicts of interests with people like Musk overseeing so much of this?
JFYI federal government headcount of 2M people has stayed constant over last 100 years with ever increasing population and things to take care of. I wouldn't call that bloat, honestly.
What has been growing a lot are mostly municipalities, which I guess boils down to more people helping disadvantaged kids in schools, which I guess is nice and more policing, which many are calling to shrink and replace with something less violent.
US government is not bloated. It's corrupt by the revolving door policy, which definitely won't be fixed by letting people go. But even with revolving doors some things have worked for you. Such as predicting weather, fighting diseases, disrupting or bribing competing nations, opening new markets and protecting your fucking imaginary property everybody in the world fucking hates.
> disrupting or bribing competing nations, ... and protecting your fucking imaginary property everybody in the world fucking hates.
Wait, I'm confused. Are you upset that Trump might stop the CIA from disrupting foreign nations? Because that's something I've always been ashamed about as an American so I'm having trouble being upset about the intelligence apparatus that everyone hates worldwide apparently getting fired. The media is telling me that it's the end of the West but I just keep thinking about the Tuskegee experiments and South America and I just don't feel sad for these organizations
> US government is not bloated.
Regardless, it has come to the point where we cannot afford the interest on our debt
There is a big difference between disrupting a neutral country versus an active adversary. But I suspect you already know that and aren't being sincere.
> Regardless, it has come to the point where we cannot afford the interest on our debt
I agree that our debt payments are a growing issue. That's one of the many reasons I think that this administration is going to leave behind a vastly weaker country. If you actually believe that Trump/Elon are serious about this take a look what percentage of the federal budget is comprised of salaries, and look out how much money they want to spend on tax cuts, border security, and a myriad of corrupt contracts. You'll find that the latter is much larger than the former.
I'm sure you won't be swayed by anything I say but I hope you will take a look at the current national debt and check it again in a couple years. When you see that it has become vastly worse under this administration perhaps you'll reevaluate whatever has led you to believe their obvious lies about trying to balance the budget.
I have no doubt that it can be cut down by 50% without adversely affecting anything long term.
As long as you don't care about American soft power, or the many lives we save with our humanitarian programs, you may be right. If you do care about these things, then you're already demonstrably wrong.
