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0 pointssimianparrot1y ago0 comments

I also think the way DOGE has gone about their business is the only way that'd work in a systemically corrupt environment. If you give these institutions ample warning they'll bury or destroy any and all evidence, because that's how it's been done for decades. That doesn't work.

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allturtles1y ago

Ample warning of what? Evidence of what? If the goal is to, say, shut down USAID, to do so legally you just need to get Congress to pass a law shutting down USAID. No "evidence" is required, and warning is irrelevant. What is a shut down agency going to do with "warning" that it has been shut down?

goatlover1y ago

Why should we trust DOGE to get it right? They're not elected, and Elon has serious conflicts of interest with his business ventures.

simianparrotOP1y ago

They're appointed by your president to do the job. What do you mean, "not elected"?

craftsman1y ago

They are unelected in exactly the same way that anyone appointed by the President--namely the entire Executive Branch--is unelected.

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