Andrew Ross Sorkin

Why wouldn't we want to cut as much of this corruption as possible?

Why wouldn't we want to cut as much of this corruption as possible?

Why wouldn't they? Of course. And what we really need is for Congress to now embrace all of the corruption that Elon has found and eliminate it from the budget. Because at the end of the day, in order to capture the savings here, we do need those appropriations eliminated from the budget. And my biggest concern is not

Why wouldn't they? Of course. And what we really need is for Congress to now embrace all of the corruption that Elon has found and eliminate it from the budget. Because at the end of the day, in order to capture the savings here, we do need those appropriations eliminated from the budget. And my biggest concern is not

something that that doge is going to do or not it's not up to doge to do that it's up to frankly these old bulls in congress who control the appropriations process are they going to basically backslide and just put the spending back in because it's easier to just do that to engage in this log rolling Or do we take advantage of this, I think, incredible sacrifice that Elon has made?

something that that doge is going to do or not it's not up to doge to do that it's up to frankly these old bulls in congress who control the appropriations process are they going to basically backslide and just put the spending back in because it's easier to just do that to engage in this log rolling Or do we take advantage of this, I think, incredible sacrifice that Elon has made?

I mean, look, this has cost him enormously. One of the reasons why Tesla is down is because you've had crazy leftists engaging in terrorism, firebombing Tesla dealerships. In any event, he's made this enormous sacrifice in order to expose the corruption. And look what we've learned.

I mean, look, this has cost him enormously. One of the reasons why Tesla is down is because you've had crazy leftists engaging in terrorism, firebombing Tesla dealerships. In any event, he's made this enormous sacrifice in order to expose the corruption. And look what we've learned.

We've basically learned that this whole NGO thing is a giant scam where the people in government give enormous amounts of money to their friends. probably with the expectation that when they leave government, they're going to be next in line at the trough. And I think Elon's done an enormous service exposing this, but it's not entirely up to him.

We've basically learned that this whole NGO thing is a giant scam where the people in government give enormous amounts of money to their friends. probably with the expectation that when they leave government, they're going to be next in line at the trough. And I think Elon's done an enormous service exposing this, but it's not entirely up to him.

In order for us to realize the benefit, we need Congress now to act on that.

In order for us to realize the benefit, we need Congress now to act on that.

Well, he says they're at $160 billion right now. I think that's, by the way, that's an annual number as far as I understand it. So what I always hear with spending is they always multiply everything by 10 because they assume it's going to be 10 years. So if it is $160 billion a year, that would be $1.6 trillion over 10 years, probably more because the spending always grows.

Well, he says they're at $160 billion right now. I think that's, by the way, that's an annual number as far as I understand it. So what I always hear with spending is they always multiply everything by 10 because they assume it's going to be 10 years. So if it is $160 billion a year, that would be $1.6 trillion over 10 years, probably more because the spending always grows.

And look, that's $160 billion that we weren't planning on saving before Elon got involved in the government. So if that's all it is, that would be great. I think there could be more. And it really comes down to whether Doge continues to be supported by the political process. And look, Elon can't, he can't force that, right?

And look, that's $160 billion that we weren't planning on saving before Elon got involved in the government. So if that's all it is, that would be great. I think there could be more. And it really comes down to whether Doge continues to be supported by the political process. And look, Elon can't, he can't force that, right?

I mean, ultimately it's up to legislators to take advantage of the work that he did. And ultimately it's up to the people to put pressure on those legislators to embrace what he did. He's done an enormous amount, you know, but there's an old saying that you can bring a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

I mean, ultimately it's up to legislators to take advantage of the work that he did. And ultimately it's up to the people to put pressure on those legislators to embrace what he did. He's done an enormous amount, you know, but there's an old saying that you can bring a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

If the entrenched political interests at the end of the day aren't, if they're not gonna embrace the savings that Elon has found, I don't know what we can do about that.

If the entrenched political interests at the end of the day aren't, if they're not gonna embrace the savings that Elon has found, I don't know what we can do about that.