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November 7, 2024
What president-elect Trump and Elon Musk have in mind for America
By Scott Baker
Trump's low information voters have no idea, or even the acumen, to understand what's coming from the tech billionaire who likes to "move fast and break things." As of this writing it looks like the Republicans will keep control of the House too, with any relative "moderate" Republicans already purged in favor of MAGA Republicans who will do whatever Trump tells them to do.
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This is what Elon Musk has in mind when he gets to create his Department of Government Efficiency:
Musk says Americans will have to face 'hardship' if Trump wins
Trump has said he'll put the tech billionaire in charge of government "efficiency" if elected. That won't be good for Americans' wallets.
As Rolling Stone reports, Musk, who Trump has vowed will oversee the "efficiency" of government agencies if he's elected president, said during a virtual town hall on Friday that Americans will need to endure "temporary hardship" if Trump wins.
As Rolling Stone reported:
Elon Musk, the world's richest man, said that if Donald Trump wins and gives him a role in government, Americans will suffer "hardship" as a result of efforts to address the national debt. He made the comments Friday in a virtual town hall on his website, X. When asked about "tackling the nation's debt," he mentioned changing the tax code, and then went on to say there would be some financial difficulty imposed on some Americans. "Most importantly, we have to reduce spending to live within our means," he said, adding that these efforts will "involve some temporary hardship, but it will ensure long-term prosperity."
How long will that hardship last? As long as Musk claims is necessary, it seems. And he went on to suggest his plans could garner some fierce backlash.
Trump's low information voters have no idea, or even the acumen, to understand what's coming from the tech billionaire who likes to "move fast and break things." As of this writing it looks like the Republicans will keep control of the House too, with any relative "moderate" Republicans already purged in favor of MAGA Republicans who will do whatever Trump tells them to do. So, Trump will be supported not only by all three branches of the Federal Government, but virtually all of its members as well. He's well on his way to dictatorial powers before even taking office. This serial bankrupter who couldn't get a loan from an American bank now, will be in charge of the nation's financial system, after he fires Jerome Powell - who's been insufficiently stimulative in Trump's opinion - and restaffs the Fed and OCC and gets rid of some regulatory agencies entirely. Musk is monetarily ignorant about how the United States federal government can create any amount of money it needs, and is totally panicked over the so-called debt, as if his personal taxes are paying for it. He only cares about reducing his taxes and will slash entire agencies to achieve this. His tech motto will break the country.
Scott Baker is a Managing Editor & The Economics Editor at Opednews, and a former blogger for Huffington Post, Daily Kos, and Global Economic Intersection.
His anthology of updated Opednews articles "America is Not Broke" was published by Tayen Lane Publishing (March, 2015) and may be found here:
http://www.americaisnotbroke.net/
Scott is a former and current President of Common Ground-NY (http://commongroundnyc.org/), a Geoist/Georgist activist group. He has written dozens of articles for Common Ground's national publication, GroundSwell, and has advocated for the Georgist Land Value Tax to public and political audiences.
He is also New York State Coordinator,Senior Advisor, Director and AI Chair for the Public Banking Institute
Scott has a dozen progressive petitions on Change.org which may be found here:
http://chn.ge/10nUAmJ
Scott was an I.T. Manager for a major New York university for over two decades where he earned a Certificate for Frontline Leadership.
He had a video game published in Compute! Magazine: Click Here
Scott is a graduate and adjunct faculty of the Henry George School of Social Science in New York City.
Scott is a modern-day Renaissance Man with interests in economics, science and all future-forward topics.
He has been called an "adept syncretist" by Kirkus Discoveries for his novel, NeitherWorld - a two-volume opus blending Native American myth, archaeological detail, government conspiracy, with a sci-fi flair http://amzn.to/10nUoDV
Scott grew up in New York City and Pennsylvania. He graduated with honors and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University and was a member of the Psychology honor society PSI CHI.
Today he is an avid bicyclist and ride co-leader in a prominent bike advocacy organization.
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