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Make the DOGE revolution stick: Let Musk
and taxpayers reveal what’s really in
America’s checkbook

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Posted By: Imright, 2/12/2025 9:00:04 AM

A federal judge’s decision to bar Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from reviewing the Treasury Department’s payment system is most likely a temporary setback — but it illustrates the urgent need to secure a permanent win for transparency. Progressives are panicking because their 100-year, largely successful assault on American constitutional government is in danger of being reversed. Thanks to Musk’s wise plan to follow the money, he has a historic opportunity to mount a coup — not on behalf of himself or President Trump, but for We the People. But to make the revolution stick, he’ll have to make transparency a permanent feature of our federal government.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Krause 2/12/2025 9:10:47 AM (No. 1894648)
The more the democrats, that basket of deplorables, make asses of themselves, the more resolute Trump and Musk must be.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: DCGIRL 2/12/2025 9:13:45 AM (No. 1894651)
Those days of hiding money in a budget are over. When our government funds terrorists and hide it, it's time to come clean. When our government funds illegals in NYC or anywhere else in luxury hotels yet our North Carolina people are living in tents and trying to keep their children fed or warm, there is something seriously wrong with our government. Elon, you are my hero. Please keep up the good work!
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Reply 3 - Posted by: paral04 2/12/2025 9:24:43 AM (No. 1894664)
They need to use Facebook and other social media platforms to broadcast each ridiculous or illegal expenditure and what is it. has cost us and do this every evening. Let the citizens know how much of their money is being given to bad actors or stupid causes.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: hershey 2/12/2025 9:29:48 AM (No. 1894668)
All the bought liberal judges need to just butt the hell out of DOGE business...they just keep trying to protect the status quo that we, the conservative voters in this country, want to see the tail end of...DOGE...Department Of Government Eradication...I like the sound of that...
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Reply 5 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 2/12/2025 9:42:52 AM (No. 1894679)
Sorry, this is one of those ideas that sounds good but in execution would be a nightmare. You don't want citizens continually being spending gadflies any more than you want them voting directly on bills. We have elected representatives and we work through them. That's not to say we shouldn't have regular audits. Musk's team has shown that is VERY doable, perhaps monthly. A summary report of compliance should be available online. Continual compliance failure should carry severe penalties. If citizens have questions, they should submit them to our representatives, in writing, and they should be required to answer.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Quigley 2/12/2025 9:53:10 AM (No. 1894689)
I don't know who the writer is or what his nonprofit does. But when he partnered with Senator Obumbum, he lost me. And then he claims his idea has successfully put downward pressure on spending for decades, I'm really lost. Transparency must be achieved. But I'm also with #5. But transparency with intermediaries- they can be corrupted.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: DVC 2/12/2025 12:24:07 PM (No. 1894784)
Evil, corrupt bureaucrats have been robbing us blind. DOGE is uncovering and Trump is stopping the theft. And Dems are angry about it. So, Dems officially come out in favor of corruption and stealing from taxpayers.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: EJKrausJr 2/12/2025 12:32:34 PM (No. 1894794)
May the Heavy Bölz be with DOGE forever. Make the DOGE permanent. Every line item in any legislation must go through the DOGE. Every Agency $$$ allocation of a certain value must go through the DOGE. Make Government Inexpensive Again and Efficient Again. No Joke.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: john56 2/12/2025 2:17:24 PM (No. 1894866)
I can go on the web and see every check payment made by my local school district. Why not the federal governnent?
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Reply 10 - Posted by: NYbob 2/12/2025 2:27:12 PM (No. 1894881)
Post it ALL. Of course it will stoke the urban vs rural war that has always been with us, but none of DOGEs recommendations are acted on or enforced by them, that is up to the President. Last year a swamp creature was funding terrorists and ignoring suffering American citizens and the public did not see any of it. THIS President is not afraid of the light and embraces the heat. So far, that is working really well for him.
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