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A comment on Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead of OpenAI's IPO. Parent comment

Re:Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead o... by boringg on Thursday May 14, 2026 @11:18AM (#48136721)
You are really giving him a lot of credit here. Thats mostly the news cycle doing what it does - focusing on the big stories and loudest speakers.
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Re:Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead o... by manphone on Thursday May 14, 2026 @11:32AM (#48136942)
He ran a government institution that recklessly cut public spending and hurt us all. What are you talking about?
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Re:Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead o... by swingboy on Thursday May 14, 2026 @01:19PM (#48138294)
DOGE only cut like $7 billion dollars which is nothing in the bigger picture.
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Re:Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead o... by kccoder on Thursday May 14, 2026 @02:45PM (#48139461)
Their ineffectiveness at reducing the debt doesn't indicate the changes they made didn't have an outsized effect on many lives. USAID for example.
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Re:Sam Altman's Business Dealings Under GOP Scrutiny Ahead o... by mrhottakes on Thursday May 14, 2026 @01:10PM (#48138170)
He was the de facto head of an effort to drastically cut the federal government, and he's donated hundreds of millions of dollars to get Trump and Trump-adjacent people elected. I ask again: do you read the news?
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