Unidentified Speaker 11

I mean, he found $4.7 trillion by the Treasury that because didn't have to do a line item. Literally overnight, that spigot was turned off because all of a sudden there had to be accountability. I think about, you know, the reality that it's so simple to slash all of this spending and all of this waste, fraud and abuse.

I mean, he found $4.7 trillion by the Treasury that because didn't have to do a line item. Literally overnight, that spigot was turned off because all of a sudden there had to be accountability. I think about, you know, the reality that it's so simple to slash all of this spending and all of this waste, fraud and abuse.

But the complexity was in the execution, was in the selling, because at every step of the way, all of these Democrats and all of these liberals, they just inherited a system. And that was why they accepted it. Like it. It matters about the title, not the actual productivity, right? You take the Social Security Administration. That's where I worked as a federal attorney in part.

But the complexity was in the execution, was in the selling, because at every step of the way, all of these Democrats and all of these liberals, they just inherited a system. And that was why they accepted it. Like it. It matters about the title, not the actual productivity, right? You take the Social Security Administration. That's where I worked as a federal attorney in part.

In one year, there were overpayments of $23 billion. But the Dems at the time were like, well, that's just 1% of the whole budget, so who cares? And it's that kind of thinking that is so destructive instead of saying we do care because it's death by a thousand cuts, because economic catastrophe is the next logical step if you keep throwing away other people's money.

In one year, there were overpayments of $23 billion. But the Dems at the time were like, well, that's just 1% of the whole budget, so who cares? And it's that kind of thinking that is so destructive instead of saying we do care because it's death by a thousand cuts, because economic catastrophe is the next logical step if you keep throwing away other people's money.

So at the end of the day, when people who complain about the DMV think that that's not this on the larger scale, we have pundits right now saying, oh, he's he fired everyone that inspects our food and that does. No, he didn't. That's, again, them inheriting the system, so automatically ascribing value when the reality was all of that bloat, all of it needed to be bloat, needed to be exploded.

So at the end of the day, when people who complain about the DMV think that that's not this on the larger scale, we have pundits right now saying, oh, he's he fired everyone that inspects our food and that does. No, he didn't. That's, again, them inheriting the system, so automatically ascribing value when the reality was all of that bloat, all of it needed to be bloat, needed to be exploded.

And the only person that could do it was him through the algorithms. That's what Speaker Johnson said today. He said the bureaucracy was hiding it. That's why you can't do it the legal, boring way. You didn't say boring.

And the only person that could do it was him through the algorithms. That's what Speaker Johnson said today. He said the bureaucracy was hiding it. That's why you can't do it the legal, boring way. You didn't say boring.

I did say legal, though, which we should aspire to.

I did say legal, though, which we should aspire to.

I absolutely think that the long-term legacy of Elon Musk in this period of his life, and maybe forever, will be complicated. Because... One thing that is wonderful is to go back to actually being willing to have this conversation about overspending. Right. We're having the conversation.

I absolutely think that the long-term legacy of Elon Musk in this period of his life, and maybe forever, will be complicated. Because... One thing that is wonderful is to go back to actually being willing to have this conversation about overspending. Right. We're having the conversation.

We're just not getting to the solutions, but we're getting to the root of it, which is that because Republicans and Democrats will not deal with the long term problems of the entitlement programs and just making them work better. Right. I'm not talking about cutting anyone's benefits, but making them work better for the people who deserve it.

We're just not getting to the solutions, but we're getting to the root of it, which is that because Republicans and Democrats will not deal with the long term problems of the entitlement programs and just making them work better. Right. I'm not talking about cutting anyone's benefits, but making them work better for the people who deserve it.

Until we're willing to deal with that, like Stephen Miller the other day when he posted that there's discretionary spending and there's non-discretionary spending and you can't do anything about this. Well, if you wall off that part of the budget, then you're never going to get to this. Right. I do think they can keep Doge going in a way.

Until we're willing to deal with that, like Stephen Miller the other day when he posted that there's discretionary spending and there's non-discretionary spending and you can't do anything about this. Well, if you wall off that part of the budget, then you're never going to get to this. Right. I do think they can keep Doge going in a way.

Well, they're going to with Russ Vogt over at the Office of Management and Budget. One of the things we haven't talked about a lot is that I know that the money fell short of the waste, fraud and abuse that they said they could find. But improving the technology. at a lot of these places would be amazing. Do you remember the computers that had a green screen?

Well, they're going to with Russ Vogt over at the Office of Management and Budget. One of the things we haven't talked about a lot is that I know that the money fell short of the waste, fraud and abuse that they said they could find. But improving the technology. at a lot of these places would be amazing. Do you remember the computers that had a green screen?