Elon Musk Flexes His Political Strength as Government Shutdown Looms

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/us/politics/elon-musk-politics.html

by ____H____ • 2 years ago

16 11 2 years ago

____H____• 2 years ago

Kon-Peki• 2 years ago

I think a shutdown is the intended DOGE outcome. Nobody gets paid, but all the essential workers still have to work. As a shutdown drags on, they will stop showing up for work and can be fired for cause.

It could either accomplish their goal or backfire spectacularly. I doubt there is much room for middle ground.

techfeathers• 2 years ago

I was kinda wondering, if your goal is to knee-cap the government, why even re-open? Can it just be in perpetual shutdown?

xenospn• 2 years ago

NASA contracts are a huge part of SpaceX’s business. I don’t think a complete shutdown is what they want.

quantified2• 2 years ago

If you are a businessman trying to curry favor with countries like China, snarling the US could be very valuable.

firebaze• 2 years ago

Would you elaborate how you arrive at this viewpoint? From my point of view I seem to be missing some crucial information.

insane_dreamer3• 2 years ago

unfortunately for holiday travelers, the TSA will be one of those agencies that keeps working :/

on a more serious note, this would be terrible for Americans at all levels (including, but not only, the Federal employees themselves), but sounds very much like a page out of Musk's book

insane_dreamer3• 2 years ago

We are now officially in "billionaire controls government" territory now. So much for democracy.

insane_dreamer3• 2 years ago

Shutdown appears almost certain now that the last-minute reprieve bill was torpedoed.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/19/us/trump-spending-go...

Elon Musk Flexes His Political Strength as Government Shutdown Looms

Related Stories