Elon Musk communicated his resignation to Donald Trump’s government expressing his “disappointment” by a new fiscal megaproject promoted by the Republican Administration. The British media The Economist evaluated the situation And he argued that, at the time that the US president announced, last November, that the businessman would lead an initiative for government efficiency, many of his colleagues magnates were delighted. Even Bernie Sanders, left -wing senator, tweeted her support, stating that Musk was “reason”, pointing out the waste and fraud in the defense budget.
Throughout his business career, the owner of X has created several notable businesses in areas where many had no hope; and it was believed that he could “fix” the government or at least restructure it constructively seemed plausible. But on the contrary, after just a few months, Most in Washington believes that Spacex, the Government Efficiency Department, (Doge) is a failure and Musk is about to retire.
The businessman announced his departure from the government service on May 28 through an X publication, his social network. Steve Davis, his lieutenant, who allegedly directed much of the operation, also resigns. Katie MillerStephen Miller’s wife, Donald Trump’s cabinet deputy, who served as Doge spokesman, also retires. Two days later, Musk appeared at a press conference with Trump wearing a purple eye, which he had caused his five -year -old son. The exit was not definitive, Trump insisted, “Musk will continue advising.”
The exit occurs after two interviews, one with the Washington Post and another with the CBS chain, in which the Musk admitted to having advanced less than expected. “The federal bureaucracy situation is much worse than I thought,” declared the post. In CBS, he criticized Trump’s new budget for undermining his expense cut by increasing debt. He said he didn’t want to criticize Trump, but he didn’t want to “assume responsibility for everything.”
Musk achieved part of what he promised. After committing to save US $ 2 billion in federal expenditure, he destroyed foreign aid and fired tens of thousands of workers. However, foreign aid and even federal wages represent only a small part of public spending. According to Doge’s own doubtful accounting, savings of US $175,000 million were achieved. According to Treasury figures, the general expenditure, in fact, continued to increase. However, young Musk engineers also did not discover much fraud.
Elon Musk and Donald Trump.jpg
The Democrats argued that the owner of X had made the government a mechanism to channel money to illegal immigrants. The federal template considered that its employees really did not exist. But, none of that was true. According to a recent report of the New York TimesMusk’s belief in this nonsense coincided with its excessive consumption of powerful drugs. (He denies the report).
Fraud and undue payments can cost hundreds of billions a year, according to estimates of the Government Responsibility Office (GAO). To which Musk distanced himself from these experts. Its aggressive cost reduction initially focused on the dismissal of employees, although the payroll represents less than 5% of the federal expenditure. By saying goodbye to employees in an abrupt and massive way, the GAO was involved in demands.
Elon Musk’s greatest impact is international. According to predictions modeled by Brooke Nichols, a health economist at Boston University, cuts to foreign aid could have already caused 300,000 deaths, 200,000 of them children, for hunger and infectious diseases. But the national impact is also prodigious. Doge cuts have demoralized and terrified the Federal Labor.
“The underlying idea that our government needs to modernize and could improve is very successful,” says Max Stier, of the Public Service Association, a charity organization that promotes the reform.
Many of the problems of the United States are due to the fact that bureaucrats are prevented from making decisions through the oppression of norms of norms, and no one accounts for projects that cost fortunes. “Mr. Musk’s intuition that many rules canand maybe they should, Breaking was correct. Unfortunately, thanks to Doge’s actions, if another administration tried a more determined reform, it could be even more difficult, ” The Economist closed.
Source: Ambito
