GOP lawmakers immediately lined up against the original short-term government funding bill released this week after Musk voiced his opposition.
And they’re putting unelected and unaccountable oligarchs — Musk and Ramaswamy — in charge of deciding how much pain Americans will have to tolerate so that the rich can get richer.
Contrary to Musk and Ramaswamy’s claims that DOGE will put money back in taxpayers’ pockets, nothing laid out in DOGE’s scattershot plans shows any serious understanding of improving efficacy and efficiency.
And now, Musk and Ramaswamy are being given free reign to decide what programs they can cut to fund their own tax cuts, all while Musk himself benefits from billions in government subsidies.
Here’s the good news: Like the commissions of Christmas past, Musk and Ramaswamy are setting themselves up for failure.
Working families don’t need a pair of ultra-rich tech bros to tell us where their priorities lie.
Let’s just make sure they don’t leave dangerous products, higher prices, and smaller paychecks in their wake. »
