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socal2 says

WookieMan says

She does. Teslas are sedans basically. She won't touch one. She won't touch a mini van. It's full size SUV or bust.

You should test drive an X. Perfect mix to haul people, pets, groceries and a great road tripper.

Don't mind suggestions and don't mind Tesla. That ain't fitting my family. I'm going to have 3 monsters on my hands. They ain't fitting in that back seat. I'm talking 6'5" kids before they can get their own car.

That thing wouldn't even fit 5 camping chairs in the trunk. Plus a wagon just for outdoor sporting events with the kids. Ignore the range topic. Ain't no camping with that thing either. As I've said, my current and former cars would destroy that car, where the sensors would do jack shit if I t-boned it. You're dead.

I won't be sold on it. I am putting in a charging port for the future on the new build to be safe in the garage. I'm not anti EV, I'm anti EV for me currently. Someone needs to make a full sized SUV and you'd get my attention. Until then, enjoy. I'm not buying mid-sized quasi SUV's that can't tow.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/elon-musk-claims-cut-federal-150115514.html

Elon Musk claims he can cut the federal budget for Trump by 'at least' $2 trillion

ERECTION INTENSIFYING

zzyzzx says

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/elon-musk-claims-cut-federal-150115514.html

Elon Musk claims he can cut the federal budget for Trump by 'at least' $2 trillion

ERECTION INTENSIFYING

What load of shit.

Only Congress can cut the spending. Sure, Trump submits the budget. But Congress passes it (or not). Most likely, they will add shit back into it.

And the RINOs will totally get in bed with the Dems to override a Trump veto.

Maybe Elon and Trump will use their bully pulpits to call out the spenders by name and sink their re-election chances.

DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

What load of shit.

Only Congress can cut the spending. Sure, Trump submits the budget. But Congress passes it (or not). Most likely, they will add shit back into it.

And the RINOs will totally get in bed with the Dems to override a Trump veto.

No wars is a savings. Trump I know will leverage Ukrainian funding and veto anymore money.

Israel, not so much with Jared and his daughter, but I think he cuts back.

There's billions on the border to be saved as well. Besides the MIC these moves don't mess up job numbers too much. The border would be a net gain with construction jobs.

Love him or hate him, Musk has sold more vehicles that 50% of the population doesn't want. I could see him finding ways to cut costs. He know the subsidies he gets. We have a guy that would give no fucks about any industry. He's made his money and he knows what works that the government pays for.

$2 trillion is likely a stretch. Not elected yet, but Trump is a lame duck if elected. All bets are off. He can get away with what he can. There will be cuts in the IRS, FBI, CIA, NSA most likely. We have the best Navy and Airforce on the planet. Keep funding that. There's little need for the employee count in just the 4 I mention. There's likely more 3 letter organizations that could be cut. Department of education for starters. DEA. We have so much waste and do nothing jobs.

WookieMan says

veto anymore money.

What part of this did you somehow miss?

And the RINOs will totally get in bed with the Dems to override a Trump veto.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1852807444541431903

DOGE now!

Where's the Hamas-Hezbollah-Wagner Lovin' Musk Doubter these days?

Trump + Team = Vance, Musk, Vivek, Gabbard, RFK, etc., have already been busy planning the transition. Today, they ramp up the planning. I expect Trump's first day will be very, very, very busy. He's going to have a sore hand from signing executive orders nonstop. I assume the team is queueing up a very long list of resignation requests from every part of the bureaucracy that will be sent out on day 1.

Remember how Elon fired 90% of Twitter employees - and now X is thriving more strongly than Twitter? This could work for the government!

How will Trump unwind the Dept. of Ed? (This will be the first Department to go, IMHO.) Since it was created by Carter, can he just wave it away similarly?

rocketjoe79 says

Since it was created by Carter, can he just wave it away similarly?

Yep, but there will be a judge who will overstep his authority and rule against it until a higher court overturns the partisan decision.

rocketjoe79 says

Remember how Elon fired 90% of Twitter employees - and now X is thriving more strongly than Twitter

By what metric? Revenue has declined 19.2% year-over-year in Q1 2024 and number of active users is 15% less than before rebranding to X.

Eric Holder says

By what metric? Revenue has declined 19.2% year-over-year in Q1 2024 and number of active users is 15% less than before rebranding to X.

Revenue is down because Liberals and hacks like Media Matters pressured advertisers to boycott X. Elon famously told advertisers to "Fuck Off" for trying to pressure him to censor Conservative speech before the 2024 election. Thank GOD Elon has enough FU money to absorb the financial hit. I expect revenue will turn around a bit now the election is over.

By all accounts, X is running better with more features despite Elon firing over 80% of the staff.

socal2 says

Revenue is down because Liberals and hacks like Media Matters pressured advertisers to boycott X.

OK, plausible.

socal2 says

By all accounts, X is running better with more features despite Elon firing over 80% of the staff.

So why is # of users down then?

Eric Holder says

socal2 says

Revenue is down because Liberals and hacks like Media Matters pressured advertisers to boycott X.

OK, plausible.

socal2 says

By all accounts, X is running better with more features despite Elon firing over 80% of the staff.

So why is # of users down then?

I thought a lot of them were bots that he removed.

Eric Holder says

rocketjoe79 says

Remember how Elon fired 90% of Twitter employees - and now X is thriving more strongly than Twitter

By what metric? Revenue has declined 19.2% year-over-year in Q1 2024 and number of active users is 15% less than before rebranding to X.

Gross revenue.... Cut costs with salaries and it's not a loss on the net end of the numbers. 15% on the users is not a big deal either. Most were probably dead weight and protest quit X because they don't like Musk. Likely couldn't afford the stuff in ads.

Also I don't think Musk gives a flying fuck about money for himself. He has more than he even knows what to do with it. Put 1 million in your bank. Musk has 100,000 times more than that and that's a low estimate. He has a multiple of what most people make a year on his money. He can collect 1-2% interest to cover living expenses for his family. He can borrow tax free income on his stock holdings.

Whatever happens with twitter is a huge nothing burger.

Eric Holder says

By what metric? Revenue has declined 19.2% year-over-year in Q1 2024 and number of active users is 15% less than before rebranding to X.

Woke Ad Agency bans. It will recover. Active Users? Mass bot purges.