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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by UltraSane on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @12:54PM (#42936040)
Which is a direct violation of the constitution. Only congress the authority to control spending and Musk has absolutely zero authority to stop any payments congress has authorized. It is a naked power grab and musk should spend the rest of his life in prison for it.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by prvc on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @01:46PM (#42936784)
>Only congress the authority to control spending

You changed your wording to fit your argument. "To spend" became "to control spending", implicitly acknowledging that the two phrases have different meanings.

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