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<blockquote data-quote="RobGMN" data-source="post: 8894941" data-attributes="member: 683408">So you attribute someone else&#039;s words to me.A bit dishonest, no?Vittoria Elliott of Wired has identified those associated with Musk’s takeover as six “engineers who are barely out of—and in at least one case, purportedly still in—college.” [ATTACH=full]64273[/ATTACH]Which part of what Seth Masket said was incorrect at the time he said it?&quot;Elon Musk is not a federal employee, nor has he been appointed by the President nor approved by the Senate to have any leadership role in government. The ‘Department of Government Efficiency,’ announced by Trump in a January 20th executive order, is not truly any sort of government department or agency, and even the executive order uses quotes in the title. It’s perfectly fine to have a marketing gimmick like this, but DOGE does not have power over established government agencies, and Musk has no role in government. It does not matter that he is an ally of the President. Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup.”I don&#039;t see anything in there that I should dispute.But, go ahead and share your analysis.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RobGMN, post: 8894941, member: 683408"] So you attribute someone else's words to me. A bit dishonest, no? [B][U]Vittoria Elliott [/U][/B]of Wired has identified those associated with Musk’s takeover as six “engineers who are barely out of—and in at least one case, purportedly still in—college.” [ATTACH type="full" width="709px"]64273[/ATTACH] Which part of what Seth Masket said was incorrect at the time he said it? [I]"Elon Musk is not a federal employee, nor has he been appointed by the President nor approved by the Senate to have any leadership role in government. The ‘Department of Government Efficiency,’ announced by Trump in a January 20th executive order, is not truly any sort of government department or agency, and even the executive order uses quotes in the title. It’s perfectly fine to have a marketing gimmick like this, but DOGE does not have power over established government agencies, and Musk has no role in government. It does not matter that he is an ally of the President. Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup.”[/I] I don't see anything in there that I should dispute. But, go ahead and share your analysis. [/QUOTE]

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