Sorry for the lack posting. I’m finally sitting up straight again after battling some kind of virus for the past two weeks.
Sheesh.
In that time, I’ve been watching DOGE and I’ve got thoughts. First, let’s look at some of the expenditures that the DOGE boys have exposed.
- $70,000 for the production of a “DEI musical” in Ireland
- $47,000 for a “transgender opera” in Colombia
- $2,000,000 for sex changes and “LGBT activism” in Guatemala
- $32,000 for a “transgender comic book” in Peru
- Hundreds of millions to support “irrigation canals, farming equipment, and even fertilizer used to support the unprecedented poppy cultivation and heroin production in Afghanistan,” benefiting the Taliban
- $40,000,000 to fund research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which gifted the world with the COVID virus
It’s enough to make you choke on your iced triple grande vanilla americano. As if those aren’t enough to get your blood boiling, there’s these:
One has to wonder who authorizes largesse like this. There’s two parts to it: cost and purpose. So, “$70,000 for the production of a DEI musical in Ireland” may not sound like a lot (cost) but who decided we needed to export financial support for a woke musical in Ireland (purpose)?
We are $36 TRILLION in debt. And now we know why and it’s not just “overspending.” It’s reckless, unchecked, unaccountable spending on things that no one voted for spending on.
Leftists in government agencies can put their mitts on all that money that our government takes from us, the taxpayers, and can seemingly spread it out to whatever pet projects they favor.
Our government is like a gigantic slush fund.
It’s enraging. But it’s necessary to expose what’s going on under the covers. This is how Trump and Musk galvanize public opinion, which puts pressure on congress to support the efforts, creating a virtuous cycle.
Trump recognizes, as Ronald Reagan did, the importance of galvanizing American public opinion as an integral part of carrying out his agenda. By inflaming the public, he puts pressure on the craven Congress to go along with his efforts to enact sweeping changes that would otherwise be difficult or impossible to achieve.
Of course, Trump has also forced the Democrats to oppose these cuts.
Democrats cannot have it both ways. They are either against waste and fraud sucking up taxpayer dollars, or they are for it.
And their relentless attacks on Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency make it clear which side they’re on. Spoiler alert: It’s not the side of the taxpayer.
Resistance to DOGE is coming from many quarters. Loopy Democrats like Maxine Waters, who is vowing to “fight!” (what exactly?); ambitious radicals like Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who is irate that her pet project, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, may be gutted. It is ironic that Warren is howling about Musk being “unaccountable” when her main achievement in the Senate was the creation of a bureau that answers to no one.
Musk is aiming to eliminate 2 TRILLION dollars from government spending in two years. And it’s about time.
Hi Dave, it’s nice to know that you’re doing better and back at it. Your acumen at this glorious time in our history was missed. I especially like the “iced triple grande…” reference. Everyday is like Christmas, as we get to open another gift from DOGE. Only in America!