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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by wahnfrieden on Monday February 03, 2025 @03:24PM (#42922538)
> Trying to cut jobs/waste/find fraud is political/career suicide for anyone in government

US Government Accountability Office already existed to do this, without it being career suicide for those involved (at least until Trump began attempting to end it despite being nonpartisan)

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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by nomel on Monday February 03, 2025 @03:32PM (#42922655)
They exist to report an ever increasing number and list of actions each year. The GAO needs more teeth to be effective.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by kristjansson on Monday February 03, 2025 @06:28PM (#42924879)
They also need a congress willing to increase revenues or decrease spending.
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