Voter Asks Elon Musk What His First Steps Will Be If He Is Put In Charge Of Government Efficiency

At a town hall in Folsom, Pennsylvania, Elon Musk was asked what he'd do if in charge of a government efficiency initiative.

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[rubytuby]

They’re going to get fired if they waste money…. Something no government employee ever heard ever.

[johnwaldrop]

I used to work for the government. Many government employees in charge of deciding how budgets are spent are actually incentivized to waste money. The amount of money your department gets during a fiscal year is very dependent on how much money you've spent in previous years. If you spend below your budget, your budget will decrease the next year, but if you over-spend, then you get more money the next year. Many departments actually try to figure out ways to waste money at the end of a fiscal year, to avoid getting their budget reduced. This was my personal experience. It's crazy...

[DonQuixoteSosa]

Forbes covering a lot of the good stuff. Thank you 🙏🏽

[iamthemoss]

As a defense contractor I can tell you this needs to be done.

[Rickalicious]

There are people with proven success, risking their own money and then there is government, wasting your money. We need more success and less excess!

[geoffl]

it's so refreshing when someone speaks to you as an adult. When they don't speak in metaphors, analogies, or hope/change nonsense.

[henryblicharz]

It’s called Accountability! Thanks Elon .

[geoffreyjones]

As a boomer, I never thought that this day would come

[Caesar-el]

They have no money...its taxpayers money

[jimgallagher]

The bureaucracy has millions of employees who are defined as "non-essential." The government shouldn't have any employees who are non-essential." Zero.

[ShirlPigram]

The dollar is literally being destroyed / debased / devalued. The best performing asset in the history of the world is BITCOIN. It is by far the best store of value. 10 years from now you’ll be thankful for every dollar you put into it.. My two cents.

[kathyfann]

I am very tired of the Government spending my forced taxes on waste and giving it to dictators and leaving our military equipment in enemy hands

[gwcrispi]

I hope he fires 75% of Federal Government employees.

[derekeano]

A man of the people who wants to have real conversations about fixing society, not just issue optimistic feeling word salad

[DancinJim]

He has shown he is ruthless with his own employees. If you take out partisan politics he is objectively a good choice for this role. Government officials NEED to be held accountable and inefficiency absolutely needs to be punished.

[clytle]

"Target rich environment" is the correct mindset.

[pansysutton]

The biggest problem with government spending is they don't care if they are wasting our money. They can just raise our taxes to cover what they want.

[stuartjohnson]

We are a Blessed Country. Whenever we have needed it most throughout our history, just the right person has been there.

[raidtheferry]

I'm so glad this guy's around... Forbes PLEASE FIX YOUR SINGLE-CHANNEL AUDIO ISSUE

[murk]

this would actually be so good for america