Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont fiercely criticized the Pentagon's budget and failed audits on X, agreeing with Musk and seemingly supporting the newly established Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE. Bernie Sanders is the longest-serving independent member of Congress in U.S. history and participated in the Democratic primaries for U.S. president in 2016 and 2020.
Sanders discussed the Pentagon's waste of the national budget in an article on Sunday. He stated that Musk is right; the Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, has failed seven consecutive audits, losing track of billions of dollars. Last year, only 13 senators voted against the military-industrial complex and the defense budget filled with waste and fraud, which must change.
At the time of this post, Musk continues to criticize government spending on social media. He shared a post on X about the California high-speed rail project, which was projected to cost $33 billion in 2008 and is now estimated to cost $127.9 billion. The post also stated that the expected completion date was 2020, and as of 2024, operations have yet to begin, with most of the railway construction still not designed. The project received $6.8 billion in federal funding, and the team is currently applying for an additional $8 billion in federal funds.
Defense budget overruns will lead to the bankruptcy of the United States.
Musk warned on X that the national debt has surged to over $36 trillion, and the United States is rapidly going bankrupt.
The post shared by Musk stated, 'The interest on the national debt we owe is now higher than the defense budget, exceeding a trillion dollars, and it is still rising. The United States is about to go bankrupt. This is why we need to note D.O.G.E. (Department of Government Efficiency) on the brass plaque on the table.'
Musk also stated that most people are even unaware of the existence of national debt. Those who know often do not know how much the national debt is, nor do they realize that the interest we are paying now exceeds our military spending, with only a small portion knowing that government overspending leads to inflation.
Excessive government spending is the cause of inflation! All government spending is taxation. This is a very important concept that needs to be understood. There are direct taxes, such as income tax or inflation caused by increasing the money supply, which is an indirect tax.
DOGE will provide external assistance to the government in a corporate management model.
DOGE has shockingly become a shadow government, with Trump stating in a statement that DOGE will provide advice and guidance outside the government and will work with the White House and the Office of Management and Budget to push for large-scale structural reforms and create an unprecedented corporate operating model for the government.
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