Andrew Johnson started the DOE. I think it started at the cabinet level, but was relegated to agency level soon after. Carter changed it back to a cabinet level. As RDU mentioned, there is a lot of fat at most agencies where you can cut a lot out of they really wanted to.
Fully agree on cutting back government fat. My issue is when it will negatively impact people. I'm as big of a fan of a smaller government as everyone else. Their current voucher plan is going to have a huge negative impact on certain demographics.
WTF is Oprah going to do with a million when she's worth three billion? You would think that if these celebs were so concerned about Trump winning they would be happy to volunteer themselves to the cause.
Am I the only one who thought that these celebrities were ***volunteering*** because they supposedly cared about the issues? Holy shit....
Maybe they weren’t that concerned?
Imagine what she would have done with the federal budget.
It's definitely fucked up, wrong and immoral. But I'm not seeing much difference between this and Elon. And he stands to benefit financially more than almost anyone
He also stood to be investigated and destroyed had it gone the other way.
Because he was here and working illegally at one point. I'm just staying similarities. I think both are in the wrong. But one is going to end up making billions. He made a good investment and it's going to pay off for him, but it's no unreasonable to raise concerns with both situations. He's also done some extremely shady stuff internationally previously with the whole Ukraine starlink black sea incident. If we're going to get upset about celebrities making money off of who they endorse we should do it both ways
I assumed it was voluntary as well
It's literally the opposite. Elon is "paying" Trump (donating to campaign).
I called it an investment because he will be getting paid through military contracts more so than ever before
I always thought they volunteered. I wonder how much Musk charged Trump? lol
POY candidate
Not arguing your point, but let's be honest. There's a lot more people on both sides than just Musk contributing in hopes of getting their back scratched. They just don't tweet a hundred times a day.
"Someone once said that politics is the second-oldest profession. I'm beginning to think it bears resemblance to the first." - Ronald Reagan
I agree, I think its all wrong. Musk is a very unique circumstance tho and shouldn't be judged through the same lense as others.