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What's the difference between 8 billion dollars and 8 million dollars?
Approximately 8 billion dollars.
If you have 1 million seconds to live that about 11 days. If you have 1 billion seconds to live it's about 33 years
If you have one million dollar bills stacked on top of each other, it's really tall. If you have one billion dollar bills stacked on top of each other, forget about it...it's very very tall. Point is, can't get fooled again.
That's how they're snookering people, because most don't understand the size of these numbers. So its sounds like a lot even when they save a billion here and there but when we're talking federal budget even that is basically nothing.
7.992 billion to be exact
DOGE is not meant to cut spending. It is to systemically root out opposition within the executive branch and promote the business interests of Trump, Musk, and their cadre.
This is a distraction to keep you occupied while they do something far worse.
And to be clear: they have access to the Treasury systems. That “something far worse” is a literal robbery - this is a classic smash and grab.
Don't have to grab it when you own the vault
Confiscate Musk's wealth and save about $450 billion
Honest mistake. Just some extra zeros. Just like in DOGE
You don't understand. They're calling it $8 billion because that's how much it will take in four years to fix the problem cancelling the contract causes.
There will be no United States in 4 years if these terrorists aren't stopped.
The United Blockchains of America.
At least it'd be transparent
Can they fire all of the CIA assassins soon? Can they be sure to do it in a way that makes them feel disgruntled?
They're intentionally not touching law enforcement or anybody with guns.
Coup 101, keep your cops happy. This is why firing the nuclear cops was a bad idea and they tried reversing it immediately.
They'll be needed to shoot ~~protesters~~ domestic terrorists once things get even more desperate in Trump's third term.
Good job guys! $8mil for a complete loss of soft power around the world and undue stress, pain and misery for all those you fired and stopped aid to. Congrats for being total pieces of human skinned garbage!
I saved so much money by cutting the gas, power, and water to my house! Can you believe the scam the previous owners were running by "paying utilities"?
All of that just to cut taxes for the rich.
All of that to fund a self-granted $400 million purchase of shitty falling apart Cybertrucks by the government.
That was under Biden, and the contract was cancelled before it was paid.
Elon Musk has lied about the output of his companies since his very first company, zip2
He does it because no one holds him fucking accountable.
Yeah, I'm not surprised based on some of my interactions with purported "business geniuses", but it is quite sad just how utterly stupid people are that manage to have wealth and get taken in by a mere show of unearned confidence.
Worse than that, people throw fucking gobs of money at him when he does it
Elon Musk claims
That right there means that Elmo is lying. He always has, I've been saying this for years now.
Look back a decade, and look at all for his claims, it's ALL a lie. Yet people keep lapping it up and claim he's a hero for the world.
The guy, like Cheeto, is a compulsive liar. If he opens his mouth, assume he's lying
But he's a liar with money! Now let's follow him around like starving dogs hoping for table scraps. Maybe he will pet one of us and drop something!
But he’s a liar with money!
Yup, that means that the part of the lie that benefits him WILL come true, and the part that never come true will have no impact on him or on his reputation.
Full self driving is only like three years away bro!
Please note, this comment is backwards and future proof, if you ask Tesla at any point in time this is always Musk's answer
"We got rid of the lidar sensors on our cars because they weren't needed. Instead we zip tied some gopros to the front. Trust me. They're just as good. You definitely won't die."
Waymo has been functional for quite a while.
We probably could have full self-driving cars if we give on the safety a little bit.
I actually expect him to run this down our throats until we have FAA levels of catastrophe on the roads.
Waymo has been functional and that's the hilarious part. Musk just fucking sucks - he acquired a company with an immense head start and managed to somehow fall a decade behind the competition.
We'd save a lot more than that if that fucker would just stop breathing.
How much could a banana possibly cost, $10?
TIL: Musk can't do basic maths
Also, this is how he runs his companies
What, they straight out lied? Who could have imagined such a thing?
But they will fix the mistake as soon as they know about them… or something like that
Whoopsie!
I bet it'll be pretty difficult to tell people we saved 1000 times what the contract was worth...
I’m shocked that Elon would lie! /s
Not spending money on the necessities is not saving money.
It's just a couple zeroes, bro. Why so serious??
In their defense, the doors of the contract opened up, not out, like on poor people’s cars.